A carnage that smells of life
An irony that makes you feel alive
I see civilisations collapsing right in front of me
The wars that reversed progress
I see birds that die of asphyxiation
A million years wiped right in front of me
I try to live in the second that demands attention
A plane that has crashed carries the barely alive
They ask me for water in a feeble voice
but we’re standing in the middle of a desert
I give them a mirage to soothe their plight
Melancholy, pain, naked shame
I hear my arm being scraped away
The blood drips to change the colour of the sky
The sand grips my fight as I sink
No breath left to take I close my eyes
and then I fall off a mountain to wake
into a clarity of my life that I had forgotten to understand
and an old perspective that I hid away
Smoke words every day. 
10 responses to “[302] Open Up Your Mind”
“…I hear my arm being scraped away…” Wow!
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Thank you Elizabeth 🙂 Much appreciated.
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A very strong metaphor for the political mayhem around us. The end of neoliberalism? of rampant capitalism and the destruction of our Earth, our lifeline? perhaps a radical rethinking. We can only hope
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That’s a great interpretation. We can only hope yes
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Oh my goodness this is amazing!!
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Thank you so much 🙂
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Wonderful
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Thank you Haroon 🙂
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Amazing peice of writing!!
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Thank you 🙂
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