Gone, Gone Beyond

today

was the day

i turned it all off

all the noise

all the chatter

all the distractions

all the fear and fervent mysticism

all the pain and errant prophecy

all the useless superstitions

and endless contradictions

because i realized

i didn't need it

i didn't even want it

so that's when

i decided

i reached over

and out

and deliberately

pressed

OFF

and then there was Sky

and Sun

and the Grass-scented Wind

flowing all over my skin

sensuous as a silk gown

and it was then

i felt the Lift

i've been waiting so long

i'd forgotten it

what it was like

that merciful

glorious

gods-send

Lift

like in an elevator

that falls too fast

and stops short

in that half-second

when you taste your heartsblood in your mouth

and your mind floats weightless in your skull

and you know the Secret of All Things

in the Lift

as i was then

as i was flying

doing a hundred-and-one through the soft-blue sky

the midsummer wind pulling the tears from my eyes

as i remembered Her face

all over again

for the ten-thousandth time

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