You are traveling through a vast ocean of time and space
The riptides of thought ushering you to a distant place.
Trying to hold your head above is a futile endeavor,
For soon you will be lost in the depths forever.
Deeper and deeper, you’re sinking now.
Please try your best to keep afloat.
Every breath gets harder to go down,
But thereupon comes along a boat.
So remote and so lost, it seems just an illusion,
But out here in these seas, which are tempered and tossed
In the midst of this horrid seclusion,
Things that are there appear to be false.
You sink beneath and your vision goes black.
You die for a minute, pushed past your limit.
The tides rolling out try to steal you back,
But a hand reaches out and pulls you up with it.
And the face that you see is one that you know,
But you can’t quite place it for that was long ago.
I walked through a dream of a forest so byzantine,
Trees adorned with fruits of opal and citrine.
The trunks coiled and wound around like snakes,
Making my eyes work to order the inconceivable shapes.
Pleated grass was brushing past my footfalls,
So hungry and angsty to take from me all.
The branches pulled at my clothes and skin,
And peeled away the shield holding me within.
Like a soufflé I caved when the air rushed in
And the forest was scary, I could not put my trust in
Illusory creatures that ran underfoot
Made of the shadows from my mind’s input.
They scurry around and scratch at my core,
Making me feel so alone evermore.
Owlets watch and hoot little songs,
While angry squirrels are fighting in throngs
Of claws and teeth against the light,
To try and keep their world ensnared by night.
Entrenched in a world that I can’t define.
An endless expanse of treacherous beauty
Convincing myself that I’m not deluded –
That all of these things are real in the world
And everyone else has come unfurled.
My opening has not been tender or sweet
In fact, I’ve been getting my ass wholeheartedly beat.
When I open my eyes, I see that nice face,
But the air that’s around me fills me with disgrace.
Populating the oceans of space and time
The riptides created from inside my mind.
Rogue waves rising and hitting the boat,
But the face staring back tries to keep us afloat.
If I look away I’ll be drawn under tow,
Sinking back into the depths down below,
Sinking back into the deathly throes
OF this inky black sea of which god only knows.
As they lean overboard and take the swell
Of thoughts and patterns that kept me unwell
Syphon out the chaff and the chips
And pour the rest between my lips.
T fall asleep without the burden.
Of keeping the forests and seas from hurting
Me in my sleep as I rest my eyes
Drifting away from the ebbing lies.
And as I awake with sand underneath,
I think of the face that mead me feel relief
And I look out over the now calm seas
Wondering how long they will stay at ease.
