I Wanted A Metamorphosis, A Change To

Henry Miller

I wanted a metamorphosis, a change to fish, to leviathan, to destroyer. i wanted the earth to open up, to swallow everything in one engulfing yawn. i wanted to see the city buried fathoms deep in the bosom of the sea. i wanted to sit in a cave and read by candlelight. i wanted that eye extinguished so that i might have a chance to know my own body, my own desires. i wanted to be alone for a thousand years in order to reflect on what i had seen and heard - and in order to forget.