A World Unto Yourself - SCP Foundation

by DarkStuff

in the beginning

there was nothing

a pinprick of nothing

or perhaps a pinprick is too large

and within it was contained the entirety of everything

the entirety of nothingness

and all was calm

and nothing happened

until

something did

And there was an explosion of light

Of matter

Cascading

Infinitely fighting against the nothingness

Creating

Expanding

Forever

Patterns emerged

Great spheres of gas, mass — showers of glass, the growing of grass

Suns

Planets

Black holes

but also

Life

Sentience

Sapience

and

to the best of our knowledge

People

All was beautiful

All was gorgeous

All was

Unimaginable

And unimaginably

Large

and people were so

unimaginably

small

…

But the nothingness was powerful

And it had existed a long time before the somethingness

And it was angry about being replaced

Or perhaps intruded upon

It swore, it swore

That it would return the somethingness to the nothingness

It just needed time and entropy

And all would collapse back into the endless black

Because all things fall to ruin in time

…

and it does

the universe

it dies

from nothing, something

from something, to nothing

…

…

…

in the beginning

there was nothing

a pinprick of nothing

or perhaps a pinprick is too large

and within it was contained the entirety of everything

the entirety of nothingness

and all was calm

and nothing happened

until

something did

And there was an explosion of light

That flooded your eyes

Because you were born

And in your eyes you held the world

You held the spark of life

From nothingness, you came

The somethingness

And you cried

Because you had never been something before

And this was so wildly different

You learned to walk

You learned to speak

You learned to greet each day with curiosity

And wonder

And

Perhaps

Love

But more importantly

You broke the nothing

And everywhere you looked

You found

Somethings

And you began to comprehend

Your mind made conjectures wherever it looked

Fighting against the nothingness

Creating

Expanding

Forever

Patterns emerged

Flowers blossomed

Each and every one of them a figment of your realization

And where you walked

The world followed

And where you stepped

A step was awaiting

And where you laughed

The world heard it

And it continued this way

And it did so for infinity

…

But the nothingness was powerful

And it had existed a long time before you did

And it was sad for being interrupted

Its nirvana broken by chaos

It wished, it wished

That it would return the somethingness to the nothingness

There just needed to be time and entropy

And all would collapse back into the endless black

Because all things fall to peace in time

…

and it will

your conscience

it will die

from nothing, something

from something, to nothing

and it will scare you

and it will seem impenetrable

inescapable

and it is

and you will return

from nothing, your something

your something, to nothing

…

…

…

But

In the beginning

There was nothing

A pinprick of nothing

Or perhaps a pinprick is too small

And within it was contained the entirety of everything

And everything was nothing

And from the nothing, came everything

The stars

The planets

An explosion of light

Of matter

Cascading

Infinitely embracing the nothingness

Creating

Expanding

Forever

And in it, there were patterns

Patterns too small to notice

And patterns too big to take in

But patterns

Patterns that were before you were

Patterns that will be after you're gone

Patterns that span beyond the confines of the nothingness and the somethingness

Patterns that build and build

Despite the nothingness

No

Because of it

And they are large

And they are beautiful

And they are gorgeous

And unimaginable

And

Unimaginably

Consistent

…

from the nothing, came something

to the nothing, the something will return

from the nothing, came you

to the nothing, you will have to go

but from the nothing, came something

and who is to say

that it wouldn't

come

again

Thank you for coming.