You watched him rise
like smoke
and fall
like a balloon
collapsing
driving out the air
one crafted
moment
after another.
You raised him to heights
you knew he could never sustain
just to soothe
your impossible,
impenetrable
soul.
And now you are alone
in a quiet place
wondering
what you needed to believe
and why you needed to believe it:
As you ask him
to scale
mountains
and to roll
belly-down
the side
your eyes
wickedly pacified
watching
his body
descend
like a bubble
through
space
one crafted
moment
after another.
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There are several ways of describing the situation that causes escape to be impossible. The difference between these descriptions is how space and time coordinates are drawn on spacetime (the choice of coordinates depends on the choice of observation point and on additional definitions used). One common description, based on the Schwarzschild description of black holes, is to consider the time axis in spacetime to point inwards towards the center of the black hole once the horizon is crossed. Under these conditions, falling further into the hole is as inevitable as moving forward in time. A related description is to consider the future light cone of a test object near the hole (all possible paths the object or anything emitted by it could take, limited by the speed of light). As the object approaches the event horizon at the boundary of the black hole, the future light cone tilts inwards towards the horizon. When the test object passes the horizon, the cone tilts completely inward, and all possible paths lead into the hole.
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You left the door wide open
the keys
hanging from the lock
you told me to stay put
while you raised the window
and pressed on the screen
until it dangled outside
the tiny frame
it once knew
so intimately.
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