(A castaway on Linen Island)
I have concerns
I may be quad-polar,
at least that’s what
it feels like yesterday
while I was thinking
about tomorrow
which turned out
to be today.
I'm just trying to
keep it all together
out here, lost at sea,
a castaway
on Linen Island.
Its strange here with
my head above the clouds.
Piles of books
floating all around me,
stacks upon stacks
as far as the eye can see,
I see a sea of books
that hold a billion
trillion words,
none of which
quench my thirst,
its the irony of the sea,
to be surrounded by
that which cannot
sustain.
I’ve been cast off the grid
in uncharted waters,
lost in Book Sea,
I rest my head on
the clouds in confusion.
This quadrant
is kicking my ***
and all I want to do
is sleep but its difficult
to sleep when there's a
thirst that needs
quenching.
I wonder if reverse osmosis
is something I can create
with the power of my mind
to make this sea less lethal?
Or maybe a little bump
into quadrant 3 or 4
but who am I kidding,
a little bump
is never a little bump,
and the next quadrant
is most likely
unexplored universe
where if I scream
it wont be heard.
I'd settle for
a little sleep right now,
with hopes of gaining
strength to fight
the wars I wanted back.
Bump me just enough
to visit Dreamland,
but not enough
to go to Hell,
let me rest my head upon
these puffy white clouds,
and sleep.
maybe sleep will fix it all
maybe sleep will not
I’m stuck on Linen Island
a castaway off the grid
somewhere in the Book Sea
Nov 22, 2014
Nov 22, 2014 at 12:39 PM UTC
(A castaway on Linen Island)
I have concerns
I may be quad-polar,
at least that’s what
it feels like yesterday
while I was thinking
about tomorrow
which turned out
to be today.
I'm just trying to
keep it all together
out here, lost at sea,
a castaway
on Linen Island.
Its strange here with
my head above the clouds.
Piles of books
floating all around me,
stacks upon stacks
as far as the eye can see,
I see a sea of books
that hold a billion
trillion words,
none of which
quench my thirst,
its the irony of the sea,
to be surrounded by
that which cannot
sustain.
I’ve been cast off the grid
in uncharted waters,
lost in Book Sea,
I rest my head on
the clouds in confusion.
This quadrant
is kicking my ***
and all I want to do
is sleep but its difficult
to sleep when there's a
thirst that needs
quenching.
I wonder if reverse osmosis
is something I can create
with the power of my mind
to make this sea less lethal?
Or maybe a little bump
into quadrant 3 or 4
but who am I kidding,
a little bump
is never a little bump,
and the next quadrant
is most likely
unexplored universe
where if I scream
it wont be heard.
I'd settle for
a little sleep right now,
with hopes of gaining
strength to fight
the wars I wanted back.
Bump me just enough
to visit Dreamland,
but not enough
to go to Hell,
let me rest my head upon
these puffy white clouds,
and sleep.
maybe sleep will fix it all
maybe sleep will not
I’m stuck on Linen Island
a castaway off the grid
somewhere in the Book Sea
..Canto III in process
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