Mind numbs
\nwith the invasion of the chemical;
\naltered states have lodged
\nin this wry child-like mind<\/p>\n
with delight. <\/p>\n
Gleefully roaming the cerebral depths and
\nwreaking their blissful havoc,
\nthey impose their haunting visions,
\nand numb the control of a mind thirsty for
\nsome other reality. <\/p>\n
But the realities have not changed–
\nonly the perceptions of them.
\nThe invader still lurks;
\nthe pain still hurts,
\nbut no longer is perceived
\nas such,
\nand relieved of reality
\nthe mind must
\nbend to contentment. <\/p>\n
I explore strange mirth and loves;
\nactions take
\non their new meanings,
\nand the body sets about
\nit’s healing,
\ntaking
\nand revealing
\nanother way to perceive,
\nanother method of relief. <\/p>\n
With thanks and a
\ndesperate leap,
\nI sigh a breath
\nof joyous nature’s doing,
\ngasping for the gases
\nthat would be this medicine’s undoing,
\nand thus am forced
\nto lift the veil
\nand the lonely travail
\nof a joy I have known.<\/p>\n
Of a pain still there
\nwithout my knowing. <\/p>\n
I blame no one
\nand should prepare
\nfor whatever dangers lie ahead.
\nFor death is just
\nanother way
\nto perceive a reality
\nthat to some,
\nin dreams,
\nmust by its
\nvery nature
\nseem to be <\/p>\n
just another perspective
\nof reality<\/p>\n
just as is that to which this drug
\nhas introduced me: <\/p>\n
just another perspective
\nof reality. <\/p>\n
A reality where the
\nphysical takes on new dimension,
\nand the mind lay in a process of expansion.
\nBut medicine a drug,
\nwears off in time; <\/p>\n
death takes a more permanent line.<\/p>\n
Having tasted one version of this reality
\nthe one where pain ravaged uncontrollably,
\nand one in which no pain takes toll, <\/p>\n
I wonder about the next in which I’ll know
\na version of reality
\nwhere from all pain and bodies and medicine
\nI will be free.<\/p>\n
A passing that, inevitably,
\nall shall come to know,<\/p>\n
a part of our spirit’s growth. <\/p>\n
A part of me. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Mind numbs
with the invasion of the chemical;
altered states have lodged
in this wry child-like mind<\/p>\n
with delight. <\/p>\n
Gleefully roaming the cerebral depths and
wreaking their blissful havoc,
they impose their haunting visions,
and numb the control of a mind thirsty for
some other reality. <\/p>\n
But the realities have not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,13,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-introspection","category-personal","category-poems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1934"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1935,"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1934\/revisions\/1935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}