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WHEN YOU GET CARRIED AWAY

WHO OR WHAT IS IT THAT CARRIES YOU

IS IT A FLOCK OF WILD GEESE

OR DO YOU DRIFT AWAY WITH THE CLOUDS

DO YOU GET ABSORBED IN SOMETHING YOU ARE DOING

WHERE SOMETIMES DAY TURNS INTO NIGHT AND BACK INTO DAY AGAIN

WITH LITTLE REGARD FOR OR EVEN COMPREHENSION OF TIME PASSING BY

THAT HAPPENS OFTEN WHEN  PLAYING WITH LOOPS CREATING MUSIC I JUST

GET SO LOST IN THE PROCESS I TOTALLY LOSE TRACK OF TIME

I SUPPOSE YOU CAN GET CARRIED AWAY IN SO MANY WAYS

THAT OFTEN VARY SO RARELY THE SAME

YOU RARELY NOTICE WHEN YOU ARE IN THE PROCESS

OF BEING CARRIED AWAY

SOMETIMES IT COMES OUT OF NOWHERE

OR KINDA SNEAKS UP ON YOU

LIKE ONCE I GOT CARRIED AWAY BY OCEAN WAVES IN HONOLULU, HAWAII

I SWAM SO FAR AWAY FROM SHORE CUZ 

FOR THE MOST PART I COULD STILL TOUCH BOTTOM

BUT WHEN I DECIDED TO SWIM SIDEWAYS TOWARD SURFERS

CATCHING WAVES THAT LOOKED LIKE FUN

WANTING TO BODY SURF I FOUND MYSELF IN DEEP WATERS

SO FAR FROM THE SHORE PEOPLE LOOKED LIKE ANTS

I DECIDED NOT TO PANIC...JUST RELAX AND HEAD TOWARD THE SHORE

SO I CALMLY KEPT SWIMMING BACK TOWARD THE SHORE

IT FELT LIKE FOREVER CUZ I WAS GETTING TIRED

BUT I MADE MYSELF RELAX AND JUST SWIM OR FLOAT AND MAKE SURE

I CONTINUED TO HEAD FOR THE SHORE

I HAVE NO IDEA JUST HOW LONG IT TOOK ME TO GET BACK TO SHORE

AND IT FELT SCARY AT TIMES EVEN THO I MADE MYSELF RELAX SOMEHOW

WHEN I FINALLY GOT BACK TO THE SHORE I DECIDED NEVER TO DO THAT AGAIN

NEVER GO OUT SO FAR FROM SHORE ALONE LIKE THAT

I SIMPLY GOT CARRIED AWAY AT THE TIME

I DIDN'T REALLY NOTICE HOW FAR FROM THE SHORE I WAS CUZ I WAS FACING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION...SOMETIMES IT CAN BE SCARY TO GET  CARRIED AWAY TOO FAR BUT SOMEHOW IT ALL WORKED OUT OK

GUESS IT WAS ONE OF THOSE TIMES MY GUARDIAN ANGEL WAS WORKING OVERTIME

FUNNY HOW I GOT CARRIED AWAY WITH THIS THINKING OF BEING CARRIED AWAY

AND INTERESTING WHAT THOUGHTS AND MEMORIES IT BROUGHT UP

I OBVIOUSLY GOT CARRIED AWAY WRITING DOWN THESE THOUGHTS

IT IS MUCH LONGER THAN USUAL BUT I WILL JUST LET IT BE CARRIED AWAY SINCE THAT WAS THE TOPIC OF CONVERSATION ANYWAY....