Things are ok Not dead and currently that’s a good thing Optimism abound, Climbing mountains only to jump off the other side Hoping to find some understanding or meaning Or even a median in space, or time Precariously traversing the rock face Walking down a fine white line Seeing the whole world unfolding before you Only you’re too focused on climbing To appreciate the view (Tunnel Vision living)
Faltering now, nascent feelings of inadequacy cloud your mind Who are you kidding? Latent feelings of inadequacy? (Yes) Cliché existential crises? (God Yes) Denial? (Don’t stop!)
Atoms for Peace on repeat (Before your very eyes) Sinking into it like a warm bath A glass of absinthe and a head full of dreams Though you aren't asleep Sinking into that hole, it feels like dying The room spins Senses rapidly disintegrate, one by one A nothingness deeper and more profound than anything Timothy Leary knew As your head dips below the surface A ******* child, D.M. Turner minced with Kerouac Or a laudanum laced Thomas De Quincey You saw god that night, The layers peeled away It was pure chaos and caustic fear Brimming with breathtakingly beautiful apathy and acceptance Quantum clairvoyance springs forth
You see how the cards will fall God reminds you, “Everyone dies alone” And you know the truth, he doesn't have to tell you: God isn't there when you die Smiling peacefully as your Sisyphean plight dissolves into the night