going under in that exile it is nothing like sleeping

  

           going under in that exile it is nothing like sleeping

      the mind hides it shrouds all thought

      like the fog drifts across the warm waters

from freezing ages within the poets last passage

 

there are secret places strong by contrast

where restlessness seeks intention in the dark

as if to seek sight from a turbid eye

a night of wildness something so mysterious

a darker shimmer more than raven black

 

poised without perception like the shadow of a whim

very small while still waiting

reluctantly unconscious while I creep cocooned

trembling, hiding as concealed prey does
as time is perched deep under the spell

 

 

and life is but a last breath
losing all essence

where miniscule moments are rewinding eons

when one is only given
into a fleeting dream

that flew on the wind

Author's Notes/Comments: 

when I went under the knife I did not like anesthesia,

regarding an article in SCIENTIC AMERICAN APRIL, 2014

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