Desert heat and drifting sand

Snake slithers across the land,

Underneath a burning sun

I see a mirage as I seek and run,

I disappear through a paradigm shift

I look around at this place I know exist,

Full of greenery and fauna

Steam rises and the temperature is like a sauna,

Poised on the precipice of a cliff

Looking outward I see a multi coloured forest,

I venture to see what else is here

Then a new paradigm gate appears clear,

And as I step through into a new state

I find myself in a dark and dank place

In a world of war and ravaged and left now in waste,

Torn flags flutter in the wind

As bodies lay slain, dead or dying,

The smell of death even from this keep

Reaches out and smell truly putrid,

And I walk down a spiral stairs

My existence disappears elsewhere,

And suddenly I am in a oriental scene

So calm, peaceful and beautifully serene,

I sit still and completely mindfully

And in this place I decide to dwell,

Caught up in the spiritual spell,

A place of energy and magic

This world is to me fantastic,

So here I remain in sublime bliss

These are world’s from my own mind creative.

No light through yonder window breaks

That’s just my heart that I put at stake,

I rolled the dice and gambled it

Now I’ve nothing to show for this,

But tears, hurt, pain and suffering

The bolt of rejection, it left me shuddering,

Now I find myself bereft of all

Emotions save for the mess you brought,

Of angry, bitter, tormented thoughts

Love was all I really sought,

But now in this tempest of true heartbreak

I have found the fullest array,

Of feelings of which some I had never known

That left my heart and mind, truly blown.