Reality

I stood outside

unearthed

rearranged

I had a time

like no other

Die fast, live young

was the way of the world

Undermined by

twisting insecurities

I waxed my brain

of all the crap

taking a leap a dive

into a whirlpool of excess

The fish in the fishbowl

were speaking

in only a language

that I could understand

Stay out of trouble Stay

right where you are

Immersed by laughter

that racked the bars

of my prisoncell

So stunted by desire

A fire burned in my eyes

It was a wily reality

Sifting through universal truths

the floor beneath my

lazy, staggering gait

rocked too fast

that I stumbled and fell

Frankenstein’s Monster

was the most honest being

I had become

I laughed the night away

Danced till the day crashed

like two comets colliding

into the sun

I burned my way

through a riveting existence

whittling a place

with a knife for a friend

Bending social nuances with

a tire iron

as I hit reality in the face