I have entered the dream world
it is dark
madness ensues
I’ve come unglued
monsters lurk and
a peculiar quirk
has taken hold of me
reality not what it seems
I have entered the dream state
it passes over my waking eyes
a film, betraying a wild guise
a darkness taking over me
absent absent is the light
in a nightmare world
full of haunting fright
how could it feel so right!
I have entered the dream
I see its walls surrounding me
seemingly limitless,
yet I cannot run further
than my limitations
in a meat puppet state
I cannot wait any longer
to start becoming stronger
I must lucid make
my dull dreaming mind
I cannot afford to become unkind
— not now! —
and forget …
I must remember the dream
has taken hold of me
it’s pulled me in and under
and threatens to rip asunder
all that I’ve worked for
all that my continuum has worked for
to lose all I have and more
futures of past work
I cannot be the jerk
that throws it all away
and yet,
I cannot be the one to stay
I must wake up!
Still, I have been pulled under
I have metamorphosed as a cicada
to scratch my way to the surface,
crawling above ground
to birth such sound
and to shed such skin and skeleton
like the selfless king
abandons his crown!
while in samsara’s sea they drown
no more
I must wake up!
In the dream world
imagination is the creator
of all sights and sounds
and smells and feels and fears
and tastes and don’t forget
the touches you don’t get
— your mind creates those too
in the dream world
the artist thrives or dies
depending on will and disposition
— or is it now our despotism?
for it is time I must remind
(who?)
it’s pure imagination
— creepy factories aside —
I have entered the dream world
and so I say goodbye
to the ordinary people I once knew
to the human race in which I grew
to the good friends, in numbers few,
oh how when I write, I will miss you!
but only a solo journey ensues
(the synonym is madness)
for it’s certainly not entirely lonely
with all those characters arguing in there
CAN YOU SHUT THE HELL UP
FOR JUST A SECOND
SO I CAN PRETEND
TO BE NORMAL?
Nope.
Not fair.
This familiarity is based on
past impressions
with no guarantee of
future impressions
(& little return on investment)
you think I’d shift gears
Alas! like so many lifetimes
before me
I write
I enter the dream state
I strive
I will realize my mind
this time,
with a qualified Spiritual Guide.
The Halfwit Writer 