Meandering Through (01 November 2005)

trappedinmyradio

The night, the night, it walks,
meandering through the synaptical response;
hitting the soft core of the medulla oblongata.
The light, warning of shore ahead,
breaks up, into a honeycomb of dots,
when I squint, just right, and tilt my head.

I kick off my flip flops near a crack in the dock;
I hope they don't slide and fall in the water.
Soon, the only thing left is a pair of Hanes.
The splash in the water is every which way.
Arms were flailing; knees were pulled to the chest,
and I was tilted sideways, accidentally -

a car crash. As the wind blows, stinging my ears,
rustling leaves, like emptying plastic grocery bags,
bring me, at once, to the right and I'm out of the water.
The light, on the left, is out and I'm lost.
This world is a giant tunnel spinning around
and I'm inside turning about as a mouse.

The stars overhead disappear behind cumuli.
Water runs, as rivers, off of my body onto the dock.

Being Enlightened

This leaves me wondering if the part about going for a night swim was not just a dream while the person was knocked out after crashing into the river. That maty not be what you were going for but it's my interpretation. I liked that your poem actually gave me that mental image and left me curious. What I was left with was an image of a guy on a dock, dripping wet in his skivvies, lightening flash, a guy slumped over the wheel as his car fills up with water. I can even see the image on the dock seeing himself in the car. Spirit sees flesh as it's released kinda thing. Very enjoyable!

trappedinmyradio

Being Enlightened wrote:

This leaves me wondering if the part about going for a night swim was not just a dream while the person was knocked out after crashing into the river. That maty not be what you were going for but it's my interpretation. I liked that your poem actually gave me that mental image and left me curious. What I was left with was an image of a guy on a dock, dripping wet in his skivvies, lightening flash, a guy slumped over the wheel as his car fills up with water. I can even see the image on the dock seeing himself in the car. Spirit sees flesh as it's released kinda thing. Very enjoyable!

Thanks, for taking the time to read and respond. I appreciate it. There were some signal issues that I feel were resolved. This is my favorite piece...and, I think it will be fore some time. Maybe I'm just sentimental.