Mushrooms Acid and Coke
she hung once more upside down from her own cross
nails painted crimson and blood on the ripped loin cloth
which barely covered her conscience gripped by desire
and meaningless slaughter on the spread sheet of acid
sweet sour bile dripped from diversified levitation for
the magic mushrooms must have been out of date while
the snake in paradise hissed at the fig leaf of her brain
‘mind the gap’ her decayed teeth warned but Faustus
danced with Leviathan to mute such obscene suggestion
and yet when she reached the rock bottom of hallucination
comprehended that glass ceilings were there to be shattered
and that shards are a mosaic of change waiting to happen
she cancelled her subscription with the dealer on speed dial
pain oozed from withdrawal and refused to give precedence
to joy and enlightenment until she lit a sandalwood candle
deepened awareness softened attention and the scented wax
healed wounds scars blisters and denial of injured defeat
anger anxiety boredom rage and insufferable depression
still bore the shadows of toxic flames of past dependence
but when the message set in she wore the battle with pride
she missed the mania fake omnipotence and white powder
but when she embraced darkness rays of hope prevailed
mindfulness became a truth devoid of habitual craving
09th June 2021
Copyright © Kai Michael Neumann | Year Posted 2021
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