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THE DRUNKENING
Images float
thru my brain
and I
feel rather pleasant
but I wonder
longer what
the meaning is
and
what to do
along my path
Wild sins
set siege
upon my heart
and I succumb
to Chinese sultry
and magnolia vices
The fog surged thru
my brain
and clouded my thoughts
Confused I yet
continued to stagger on
in a drunken sobriety
And I feel the pressure
of the multiple barriers
wrought before us
I reach up for
the heavens
and cling
to low soaring stars
as Haley’s Comet
yet eludes me
and visions remain aloof
I sink under
a spell
of illusion
and I feel
burning gasses
and jagged rock
cutting thru my pretense
I gasp for air
and clutch at straws
There is no escape
Orange sunshine
calls in the distance
I feel the purple pyramid
Closing in on me
The illusion of grandeur
pull me up
war torn allies attempt
to salvage my remains
I feel a broken man
as I recognize
my other self
This invisible enemy
savage like a beast
and yet tamable
to become a pet parrot
I look down
to see a trickle
of blood on my toes
I look outward
and see confusion
Insecurity causes me
to adapt
a turtle’s shell
to hide from reality
but it is not so bitter
after all
Green grass and blues skies
and a fire read moon
call for us
I respond to my muse’s call
and realize
my destination
whatever
that might be
or wherever
it may lead
Oct/Nov 1985
