[[I found this somewhere the other day while I was looking through some stuff. It is more of just an excerpt than a poem, but I gave it a poetic structure to make it easier on the eyes.]]
I am sitting in this ugly, worn out chair. It is old, and there are obvious signs that it has been used and used again. It is simply a seat in which I can rest my body after a hard day of work. The carpet that this sofa-type-chair rests on is stained and discolored and hardly fitted for the room. It doesn't even stretch from one wall to the other.
Resting on my antique night stand is one of two vintage looking speakers that I stumbled across while ravaging through a dumpster behind the Goodwill. [There's good **** in there:) You should try it!].
On the walls are old, used posters that I have had for years. They are cleverly placed to cover glow-paint graffiti that the last tenant left behind. Some of them have obvious sun damage, and a few of them are tattered and ripped.
The bedroom suit is antique and has limped in here after being beaten and bruised since the early years of my childhood.
There are no tokens of wealth here, but there are obvious signs of hard work and many attempts to make the atmosphere as comfortable as possible for myself or whomever chooses to enter my humble dwelling. This is far from the place I dream to be, but I have always been able to make it my own. This is my safe-haven, and for now, it is where I lay my head.
Don't get me wrong, I love spending my time here. It isn't much, but I'm thankful for what I have. I spend some of my most enjoyable time here. If the walls could talk, you'd be enthralled and perplexed by what they would tell you. Maybe sometimes you would even be disgusted ;)
I am free here, but there are still so many elements that can intrude from outside these four walls. The boundaries can be broken by anyone who decides to turn the **** and give the aged, wooden door a little shove.
I feel so mortal here.
There are so many worldly implements.
It is much too humanistic and real for me. It is just too hard to grasp the concreteness of things here.
There is a place where I like to go that I enjoy most of all. I could never bring you here, but I can describe it to the best of my ability.
The inner workings of this place are not too solid. the elements are much more fluid. They can change their form beyond your will.
I have been visiting this place for a long time; as far back as my mind will take me, but I still haven't worn out my welcome because this place is just for me. The temperature is neither too hot nor is it too cold.
The land here is more vast than the greatest plains in the world, but I have trampled on every square inch.
The ocean is deeper than the Earth itself, but I have swam the great blue depths.
The sky stretches on and on beyond all Earthly possibilities, but I can reach to the clouds by just outstretching my arms.
The mountains reach to the stars and beyond, but I can trudge to the peak and slide all the way back to the bottom in the blink of an eye.
There are more people in this place than have ever existed since the beginning of time, but I have spoken a lifetime worth of deep thought with each and every one of them.
I pated the silver linings on every single cloud and tossed them up into the sky one-by-one.
I gave names to each and every plant and animal.
I paved all of the roads and built every structure without a single tool.
I created the entire world here. This place holds my every want, need and desire. It is my kingdom. I can dream any dream. Illusions become real at your desire, and everything that you ever believed was impossible suddenly lies within your reach.
Nothing can take over my will and break me down on these journeys throughout the eternal vastness of my mind.
As I leave my mind once again, I take a stroll back to this earthly place. I find myself still encompassed by the staleness and placidity of this place. I'm still here slumped in my aged, worn out, sofa-type-chair on its stained and discolored carpet that is still hardly fitted for the room. It is still a pleasant atmosphere, but if I decide that I want to leave this place, I can take flight back to my immense kingdom and conquer the skies. I can go as far as I want without ever moving a limb.
The best part about it is that you can never follow me here...
There is probably some place on this earth that is dear to you. You most likely long to visit this place, and even find yourself there time after time, but there is only one place you can go no matter what is going on around you. This place is not of this world, and you would never find it simply by just looking.
Find a place with your own tattered, worn out sofa-type-chair. Sit down and close both eyes. No open your third eye, take flight, and start building your kingdom.
JG, 2009