Psilocybin runs into veins, Swirling, exploding colors into kaleidoscope Smooth roll of glistening light gives way to blood beating in tune filling hidden chambers, angry river Clicking into place, Weaving a tapestry into my mind’s visual space I’d rather not --
Tripping, staggering into memory lanes Breaking apart the senses Keeping overwhelm at bay -- I was never good at revisiting Time capsules -- it required steely courage to wade through and make it out
alive
grasping at safety, my hands immediately r e a c h for any-body Blurring enough... for it to feel romantic with a built in eject switch
my vision has cleared since rewinding back, your gaze dark hollows, lips pulled back in a smirk meeting my wide smiling mask, I drifted away from my body often To find the soft haze in cinematic view
Running,
from ourselves into each other beads of unease splattered in corners and creases Ignored--
Until we reached South Dakota, Magnolia bridge on that sweltering summer day -- Too hot to breathe, too cold to stay the wood planks tipped curving into golden weeping willows spreading into magnolia blooms Atmospheric -- Settling, expanding fast To constrict smallest melting like psychedelic art on canvas Sinking deep into a kneecap A flicker of intuition, asking for pause, thumping loud in my chest I smiled instead keeping the momentum, naive -- we were so young
The journey up, starts and stops, an unleashing of true openness Flows through, possessed locked doors swung wide open Inviting, waiting for you...
Left dusted in cobwebs Glass shattered, raining shards of glass a diamond rainfall of dazzling pain I see you now, standing above it all, arms locked firm holding me in this deep ocean grave Burying me alive, simply by refusing to let me s u r f a c e
Layered Fragments, Becoming Whole 