BobHornbeck - Hello Poetry

Transcend Mode . I did it in the pool one hot night. I floated with a noodle under my knees. I had earplugs in, and it was clear and moonless. I listened to my heart beat. I listened to the stars. I scared myself at one point. My eyes were unblinking. And I remembered when I had last felt like that. Have you ever heard of massage being transcendent, as a modality? I looked transcendent up, it means go beyond. I think there is a threshold of intensity that overwhelmes my conscious self. I thought of it as a test, how far can I go. At that time I felt less and less like myself. The word is irritated. Skin crawling. I was hiding my tremor because I was scared of the unknown. I couldn't hide it from you I left my body. I don't have good words, the experience I reconnected with in the pool. I'm not sure how much of this existed only in my head, that I wanted that experience. So, anyway, the last appointment was transcendent.

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Jan 28, 2017

Jan 28, 2017 at 2:20 AM UTC

Have you deprived your senses lately?

Transcend Mode . I did it in the pool one hot night. I floated with a noodle under my knees. I had earplugs in, and it was clear and moonless. I listened to my heart beat. I listened to the stars. I scared myself at one point. My eyes were unblinking. And I remembered when I had last felt like that. Have you ever heard of massage being transcendent, as a modality? I looked transcendent up, it means go beyond. I think there is a threshold of intensity that overwhelmes my conscious self. I thought of it as a test, how far can I go. At that time I felt less and less like myself. The word is irritated. Skin crawling. I was hiding my tremor because I was scared of the unknown. I couldn't hide it from you I left my body. I don't have good words, the experience I reconnected with in the pool. I'm not sure how much of this existed only in my head, that I wanted that experience. So, anyway, the last appointment was transcendent.

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Childhood dreams, detailed and cherished, Youthful ideals, concepts of destiny Slowly discarded, cast aside Off-course, anti-catharsis Devolved in a simmering cauldron Of so-called detritus Mid-life-fucked-up-crisis Perception's considerable door Care-fully cleaned Care-freely swung On silent hinges at dawn Approaching dusk, against the jamb Corroded, dust-caked-cobweb ports Psychic day-to-day crap Hope crawls through filament drawn tight Contrived devices, filters and screens Oozing in, despite the ever-contracting slits The cocoon we have descended into A spark, an entity detects the tiniest crack Strikes the door, shattering, dissolving sub-conscious To delight, cosmos, ethereal, infinite

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Jul 16, 2014

Jul 16, 2014 at 12:16 PM UTC

Cracks in the Cocoon

Childhood dreams, detailed and cherished, Youthful ideals, concepts of destiny Slowly discarded, cast aside Off-course, anti-catharsis Devolved in a simmering cauldron Of so-called detritus Mid-life-fucked-up-crisis Perception's considerable door Care-fully cleaned Care-freely swung On silent hinges at dawn Approaching dusk, against the jamb Corroded, dust-caked-cobweb ports Psychic day-to-day crap Hope crawls through filament drawn tight Contrived devices, filters and screens Oozing in, despite the ever-contracting slits The cocoon we have descended into A spark, an entity detects the tiniest crack Strikes the door, shattering, dissolving sub-conscious To delight, cosmos, ethereal, infinite

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Starlight floating on a hot summer night Photons escape from a coronal mass ejection The speed is incredible Warp 1, 671 million miles per hour the C in e=mc^2 Celerity

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Jul 9, 2014

Jul 9, 2014 at 2:42 PM UTC

Warp Speed

Starlight floating on a hot summer night Photons escape from a coronal mass ejection The speed is incredible Warp 1, 671 million miles per hour the C in e=mc^2 Celerity

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Methinks thy critique 'as been a rite of passage to cherish!

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Jun 27, 2014

Jun 27, 2014 at 12:48 AM UTC

Behold

Methinks thy critique 'as been a rite of passage to cherish!

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Stumble upon the edge betwixt cold despair and a smile

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Jun 27, 2014

Jun 27, 2014 at 12:16 AM UTC

Tipping Point

Stumble upon the edge betwixt cold despair and a smile

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a feeling, nervous a sensation, restless then two years ago my leg started I couldn't even see it stopped before I looked it got a little stronger one day I saw it move on its own more insistent I stopped it by looking like intimidation but it was just gaining determination one doctor, two it was on a roll It took concentration to gain control diagnosis after exams and test just a description tre mor per sis tent then my arm and hand drugs prescribed one, two three, more to no solution I embibed if I'm busy there's no room for it to succeed it just takes advantage when my brain is freed sleep is the worst or just trying to read it has taken the ability to relax and be me and then there's attention people can't help to see I don't, I can't hide it cause it is not me

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Jun 25, 2014

Jun 25, 2014 at 12:19 AM UTC

Move ment dis or der

a feeling, nervous a sensation, restless then two years ago my leg started I couldn't even see it stopped before I looked it got a little stronger one day I saw it move on its own more insistent I stopped it by looking like intimidation but it was just gaining determination one doctor, two it was on a roll It took concentration to gain control diagnosis after exams and test just a description tre mor per sis tent then my arm and hand drugs prescribed one, two three, more to no solution I embibed if I'm busy there's no room for it to succeed it just takes advantage when my brain is freed sleep is the worst or just trying to read it has taken the ability to relax and be me and then there's attention people can't help to see I don't, I can't hide it cause it is not me

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Rain removes chalk art from a sidewalk Thoughts are removed from my mind Energy concentrates in my hands My soul yearns for peace

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Jun 24, 2014

Jun 24, 2014 at 10:15 PM UTC

Meditation