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Sunday, May 10, 2009

OSI: WHAT'S IT LIKE?

What’s it like?

What’s it like when lost
In conscious thought
And reality’s surreal?
When what is real
And what is thought dissolve,
Uniting to form anew,
Tempered by truth and experience.

What’s it like on restless nights,
When slumber does not quiet,
And mind races on and on
To places quite unknown?
Unknown places seem so known
when night thoughts,
Drifting thoughts, invade the day.

Let the subconscious rise
To guide the pathless way.
Wandering the wilderness
Is the saunterer’s stray.

Nothing’s left to say!

…………………..RDS

9 comments:

Amias (ljm and liquidplastic) said...

Lot to contemplate here, and as usual very poetically said.

SandyCarlson said...

Reality is thought, I think. To discover this is to live in a magical realm.

Beth P. said...

So THAT'S what it's like!

Thanks--made me smile!

floreta said...

great poem! my mind always spins at night.

Tumblewords: said...

And that is what it's like! Nice work!

gabrielle said...

world blur
and all that is
is

wonderful rendering of realms we try to keep separate colliding

Nathan said...

'Nothing’s left to say!'

...Except I like this one :-)

Sherri B. said...

What’s it like on restless nights,
When slumber does not quiet,
And mind races on and on
To places quite unknown?


I experience this way too much...I really don't like those 'tossing and turning' nights. Very thoughtful poem, as always...

Anonymous said...

hi, new to the site, thanks.

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