The words The verses The whispers of wisdom and grace Floating out in the atmosphere I am with them High in this sky The air is thin and cold My human body is gasping for even one breath One life sustaining inhale Sweet Yet I can taste the rising pollution on my panting tongue I can feel them The syllables forming beauty around my mind So close To translucent to grasp Reaching out with my hands only to find dust As my brain comes out of my latest illusion The only thing I find here; Is a hollow shell of an earth that I used to understand