And then he stepped into my mind. His ephemeral arrival Flirting with the departure of our time. I could feel the rising tide, Pull me in toward, Atlantic suicide, Planted and watered. Peripheral with its crystallized hand. Seductive with its transient satin touch. I dressed my face with a painful smile Lacerated like a mutilated porcupine. And watched a rancid trace of gooey paste Bleed through sticky crumbs of debris Like cascading turpentine. It consumed me whole. I was swallowed overseas. And then he strolled inside my brittle soul, Bloodshot in disguise. Impermanence Beginning to realign, Within the stitching of this blanket. Suddenly, I find it towering over me, Saluting with protuberant glare. My tugging devotion, Had lead to a realization... And then I stepped out of my mind.