I see the reflection
of this world
and a reflection of myself,
Thy dilated pupil
sealed its glass envelope;
We consume and produce everything
that ever is, was and will be
simply by perceiving,
It exists regardless
but we give it meaning.

Eventually the festivities drew to a close,
"Back to reality" we jested yet 'twas no joke.

I remember thinking this all could have been a dream,
Oh sweet, lost memories that we struggle to gleam.

Body & Soul, mind or psyche.

We are the most privileged
technologically advanced
recreational drug-users
in over five millennia,
"We are the music makers
and we are the dreamers of dreams";
This portal storm's temporal plasma stirs.

Cue Black Mesa's Lambda Core.

Their breath on the sand
was a Mescalito tornado
across a desert land.

That neuro-cosmic thunder
tore yourself asunder,

Thy nervous system
quantized the data.

You wander in wonder,
As the strings resonate
we remember, thoughts flow.

The mysterious allure
psychedelics hold
has been replaced
with attempts to research,

To understand a spiritual tool
from the science of its molecule
pleases both soul and psyche
beyond my dearest words.

Psychoactive substances and their properties
have been known to us since the dawn of civilization.

'Hallucination' comes from the Latin
"alucinari" meaning "to wander in the mind".
The origin of a word elucidates its true meaning.

Hallucinogen denotes psychoactive material
which is the cause of prominent changes in
perception, thought and mood.


Psychedelics are 5-HT2A partial agonists
[serotonergic hallucinogens] and are generally
either Phenethylamine, Tryptamine or Lysergamide,
e.g. Mescaline, Psilocybin and Lysergic Acid Diethylamide.
Dissociatives are NMDA antagonists, usually Arylcyclohexylamine
compounds which cause anesthesia, e.g. Ketamine and Phencyclidine.
Deliriants are anticholinergics that consistently cause acute confusion
and are often extremely poisonous e.g. Atropine and Scopolamine.

To get belligerently drunk
feels so noble in the act,
As does reciprocity gained
from subtle amatory advance.
Who's to say
it's anything other than that?

I yearn for the simplicity
of treading water
in the company of one's
significant other,
To wander aimlessly
yet together.

Is that really so much;
Is it ever enough?

Tho escapism's enticing
give me any other drug