the trip

i had a deep existential crisis in my late teens
and i've been running ever since
do you want to run with me?
(i'm going to the edges of consciousness)
are you ready?

"we're running on tip toes at top speeds!"

sure, we're going to die someday,
we all know it,
fuck it

god, my god, where are you?
i lost you in a plethora of flowery words,
useless and archaic hebrew poetry,
sexualised bible verses
giving adolescents hard-ons in sunday school meetings

running, standing, doing back flips, hopping from cloud to cloud
high above sanity and sobriety - we are gods in our own rights,
masters of our own destinies

we're standing on the edge of a cliff, tempting fate

i picked a flower in the park today
only to watch it wilt in my hand,
and in another instant,
my hand was all wrinkly
with the effects of time's
begrudging stare

are we still running?
is it in my head?
was it in my head?
i think the whole trip might have been -
but man, what a trip it was!

(i think i'm talking to myself again)

4/10/15
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5/20/15



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Written on 2015-05-20 at 19:38

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Jamsbo Rockda The PoetBay support member heart!
Interesting existential psychedelia. Well written.
2015-05-22


one trick pony The PoetBay support member heart!
not having experienced any of this myself, i appreciate your descriptive power and can better imagine a trip now. i don't think i want to go there, but i liked how you conveyed it. (line 14 made me wonder if there is anything in it for the girls).
2015-05-22


Soup in the Sand
Excellent!! So much to be derived from this piece. Really enjoyed it!
2015-05-21


Soup in the Sand
Excellent!! So much to be derived from this piece. Really enjoyed it!
2015-05-21



This brings to mind a trip I took some years ago when I was a chemistry student at the University making our own LSD. We ran, maybe not on tiptoes, but we left god and gained existentialism.

No, I think you are talking about the trip of life, and that is the most exciting trip of all, full of turns and twists and unexpected curves. wow ... what a treat you're in for! It is in your head and it is also real. We'll never know if we dreamed it or lived it. Sorry, I got carried away with this one ... I liked it and it took me to many places. :-)
2015-05-20