without why

not hidden not waiting

gone

no echo no trace no shape left behind

things happen

that is all

light arrives without meaning breath continues without permission the body persists out of habit

there is no center no reason holding it together

only processes stacked on processes

you look for significance and find mechanics

you look for purpose and find continuation

even the loss is not tragic

tragedy requires value

this is thinner than that

a clean subtraction

care dissolves because nothing asks for it

nothing earns it

the world does not justify itself and no longer pretends to

it simply occurs

and you

another occurrence

brief unnecessary unexplained

move through it

not for anything

not toward anything

just motion

without meaning

without witness

without why