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Eautoscopy

Last night I slipped into an introspective dream
witness of a strange extracorporeal experience
the whole me deconstructed to its raw materials
Dead myself was found a bright day
and lay nude on a table counter
on a top floor balcony of an unknown city

I was there, the eyes of a stranger
contemplating my naked body
my appealing erogenous zones
arms and legs leaning on the sides
motionless ribs and chest protruding
my eyelids shut in serenity, the wooden expression

So detached from the soulless body
at first I couldn’t clearly recognize
the element that linked me to the dream
Insignificant who owned the corps before
lands of a new perspective are here for me to explore
small part of the primal knowledge revealed to me

Mystified by compassion and moral obligation
for the helpless body does not deserve
unprotected to lie under the opal rays of the city sun
uncovered to repose in the cold night winds
exposed to random spectators’ judgement
abandoned, without a soul. Was I the owner of that body?

Rushing in agony and the countdown of time
Was I there to save my body from unworthy decay?
Do I have the power to drag it inside the room?
it was a drastic solution as I looked around
there onwards, undisturbed, I would organize the next step
the certainty of predestination supported by aloof composure

Helping hands’ astounding substance
a crystal liquid energy in transparent gloves instead of skin
repeated attempts to lift up my lifeless body
oh I was extremely heavy, impossible to move
an overrated effort in an eerie cloud of panic and the gravity
a deafening whack then awkward pulls dragging me on the floor

There I woke up, as one.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2016




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Date: 10/29/2016 4:46:00 PM
Your observations in an out-of-body experience are described will in the dream state, but they tell me you have actually had an OBE. Your poem is compelling, especially to those of us who can relate to this unusual experience. There have to be deep, psychological reasons for OBEs. Maybe it's our desire to escape the present. Awesome work! A fave for me.
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Date: 10/30/2016 7:06:00 AM
Thank you for your profound comment again Carolyn!
Date: 10/29/2016 7:54:00 AM
You had me on the edge of my seat; great write, deep and passionate with a keen eye on descriptions. Excellent.
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Date: 10/30/2016 6:47:00 AM
Thank you very much for your kind thoughts Phil.

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