tonight i know i cannot sleep; words, just words, offer no release.

I,

live life break mind close eyes laugh lies

sew hope lay claim heal self stay out
I,

dance true play nice love scorn rule high

care less want all buy time sow doubt
I,

dye dream slip not feel right know more

take turn write mess blot own choke shout
I,

leave sense force thought fail faith find shore

add note make chance tie down lose count

dissociative.

(c) image copyright to Meghana Naidu, 2009

thoughts Escape;
twist away
from my mind.
archived threads
(my microfilm life,)
weave around my fingers.

light unfurls;
as If
from a hidden core.
the rays burst
force to reveal
(its etched memories.)

Amidst this
i stand,
a sombre witness
to vivid apparitions;
(autoscopic reality)
which i never created.

They mock.
Refusing to stay
I walk
on (altered) Consciousness.
and take flight,
leaving It behind.

...I walk on consciousness and take flight leaving consciousness behind...