“...suddenly [I] began to cry for no reason at all—or perhaps for everything for which I had no name.” LifeSadnessFearsOverwhelmingness Book:ما تبقى لكم Source: ما تبقى لكم
“We look up Pulled into the immensity, Lifted into the limitless— As if it were a hole We are falling into, Up instead of down. We stand on the earth, Breathe in the night. It is all too big. We go back inside.” PoetryNightStarsSkyPoemInfinityImmensityOverwhelmingness Author:Alberto Ríos
“The world is sometimes too much for Bit, too full of terror and beauty. Every day he finds himself squeezed under a new astonishment. The universe pulses outward at impossible speeds. Bit feels its spin into nothing.” WorldLifeUniverseAstonishmentBeing OverwhelmedOverwhelmingness Book:Arcadia Source: Arcadia
“The past is so far away, but it flickers, then cleaves the night. The bones of the past splinter between our teeth. This is our life, love. Why did I think it would be anything less than too much of everything?” LifePastPoetryPoemOverwhelmingness Author:Ellen Bass