(a poem entirely made up of star trek quotes and titles)
to boldly go where no man has gone before
for the world is hollow and i have touched the sky
the city on the edge of forever
tomorrow is yesterday.
every day is a struggle to survive
resistance is futile
let that be your last battlefield –
that which survives
the enemy within
temporarily hidden, temporarily not understood.
now will never come again,
live long and prosper.
i’ve tricked my way out of death
and patted myself on the back.
men sometimes see exactly what they wish to see
you can’t avoid a little ugliness
is there in truth no beauty?
perhaps man wasn’t meant for paradise.
Kriti Dhanania (she/her) currently lives in Mumbai, India. She is interested in books, movies and art. She dabbles in various forms of expression from poetry to paintings. She can be found on Instagram @kriti.nd.