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a mind, a man, a song

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learn about choking.
learn about space &
the distance from the pier
to the bottom of the ocean.
contemplate obscure types of light, wonder
why they don't reach out & touch you,
imagine yourself beyond a veil,
separated.
see life as a collection of images
stitched together by the clumsy fingers
of an amateur.
find consistency in the rough parts, beauty
in the disturbed & the dark
between fine straight lines.
don't put too much stock in words:
sound is a language some can't
comprehend, raw
as callused, bleeding hands.

there is no mundane.
minds are bendable.
shadows can be touched.
when you press your fingers into your eye sockets,
the sparks you see are real.
fill yourself with precipices, reflections,
the soft touch of human hearts.
explain to yourself that you are a man
but explain your tears as well.
know reason;
feel anger;
taste fear;
cut yourself with love;
believe in beauty.

you're meant for this; you can feel it,
like you're drowning
(it's warm water &
you can still breathe).

the fairy tales were important;
don't forget them.
push safety away:
this is catharsis.

be a mind, numbered, calculative;
be a man, flesh everywhere, dying slowly;
be a song, a hero, a whisper;
immortal.
7/14/13

"he strums the chords with less than grace
(songs we all know)
each passing year etched on his face
(sun, rain or snow)
the words he sings are not his own
they speak of things he'll never know"

luminol - steven wilson
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