The Third Dimension

By Samantha Grabler

I’m Triaxial,

In geometry,

This X, Y, and Z...

Caged by coordinates–

So planar, unfree

And time’s forward flow,

Just won’t let me go,

It’s sometimes too fast...

Then, relatively too slow

There’s a down direction,

That pulls with oppression,

Gravity’s fixed force–

A constant compression

When force is innate,

I’m stuck at its rate,

Sunken and buried,

By pressurized weight

And, in this void,

Nothing’s destroyed,

Change is the constant,

From which all is deployed

While my perception,

Is a small projection,

Of fundamentals,

Below our detection

I myself am just an extension

Of laws Beyond comprehension...

I’m suffocating, blind

Stuck here, in this Third Dimension

Samantha Grabler

Samantha Grabler is an author from New Jersey who has spent

much of her formal career researching cancer and auto immune

diseases. Outside of lab life, Samantha enjoys nature and

developing her writing. Originally intended to process trauma,

her poetry has grown into a relatable, explorative wrangling

of the ineffable. She focuses mostly on the human experience,

nature, and spirituality, often with scientific undertones.