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2003-07-26 7:57 p.m.
the immanent end of the world
imperatives are being thrown down
implying an essential energy of necesssity
and in simpler terms
the world says
now

dreaming of meeting in a place beyond words
us gathered in mythik all dimensions
weathered by a world of raindrops and challenges
last moments of a dying paradigm
seen thru 200$ sunglasses with a 4000 watt soundsystem
beach front folks drink away the days motions
basking in the comfortable waves of a leisurely day
and talk on cellphones to their friends at the other end
while
an intergalactic battle for control of the human mind
works its way thru the wars and corporate mergers.
heavy days ahead for the intrepid.

and its possible to ignore
this change rolling thru and dissolving the most solid monuments
all time wearing down the sketchy foundations of a proud dream.

freedom's road does not always lead to expected heavens
winding its way thru underworlds and scenes of unspeakable dimentia.
but you know this
you've felt the urgency of these days
to become something
to do something
wahatever
you know how it is
what is this life for if not to throw down in the face of overwhelming adversity
or to relax in the last direct phtons of another day in splendour?
could it be a responsibility free ride
our birthright to meals and beers?
why not love the one you are with right now
and take the opportunity to gaze deeply into the soul
as all we know falls away into oblivion.
we can take refuge in the feeling of being
together while the meaningless experience goes on
and we can find the joy of being
the creator of meaning
knowing nothing is invalid
and all things are possible
.
i say i will always remember this,
how hard it was to see everything i loved die or disappear
and the freedom of it was knowing
that there was always something
or someone else
to fall in love with

now as i sit here typing for unknown reasons so past a poem
more of a statement
as truth defines itself out of the context of all our encounters
i feel the weight releasing into the air
a spectral enchantment over a new lunar year
a time of great awakenings
and so much death has preceded this birth
that i fear to return there
knowing no end
a well of magik tears of despair
evaporates into the surrounding breath
and i dissolve that too
the only sorrow comes from
fearing i will be unable to uphold the beauty of the dream
meet my own standards for legendary myth
i move only towards the fine attunement of the senses
and an integrity in maintaining flow in a chaotic maelstrom

the world is ending
and it's said with an understanding
that this is nothing particularly novel
or spectacularly out of the ordinary
and certainly implies
that something new
is beginning.