Your Autobiography

by Ed Higgins

You are actually groping along
slowly in this completely dark

space. Staying open maybe to
constantly shifting possibilities.

That is your story, really
but it still may be a false lead.

Only you hang on for dear life
like that cat-in-the-toilet

goodbye cruel world poster
with you forever fearing

someone will flush you
after pissing on your head

or worse. But because
you are stubborn enough

(and keep reminding yourself
through all this desperation)

finally some magic silk thread
will be found leading you

through this god-awful labyrinth
which according to Plutarch

is of pre-Greek origin anyway
the word labrys being a Lydian

word for double-headed axe.
And where in the end you meet

the Minotaur. From which
no one could ever escape.

Except you will, you will.