The Alien Within – Thai Ta, June 2011
Do you know your alien within? / Have you met your enlightened twin? / Open the door to alternative worlds / Welcome to nirvana, step right in. /// Adjust your vibration accordingly / See with new eyes, but discriminatingly / Play with heightened senses, ask: / “Is this not reality?” /// Or is it a simulation / Designed to sensitize the artificial, / The mechanical, chemical void of a robot / That’s ignorant of the intricate plot? /// There must be a time when feelings were first created / A place where we all stood equal, or at least equally naked / And thoughts (or programs) humming, around, afar… / “Do we know who we really are?”
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Heartache / Thai Ta, June 2011: Heartache, I know you / You look a little older this time, mellower / I dig that rocker, biker look / How do I look to you, I wonder / Since last we saw each other? / I’ve done some travelling / Seeing amazing things / Crossing oceans to many shores / Still dreaming, living / Wanting more. /// Once in a while, like a favorite song / You catch by chance while driving / Or a familiar wave of emotion / A sweet, faint smell, a longing / You appear gently by my side / And you whisper, “Remember me?” / Teasingly, I think / “Yes, heartache, I remember you.” / “You look good,” I smile / “You look way too good” / You smile. /// We’ve been friends forever / Since I was a child / I remember being around 8 or 9 / Meeting you for the first time / You were kind to me then / And you turned me into your tiny poet / Oh God, remember the ancient ink pens / That you dip in messy little ink bottles? / And the blotting papers too? / How I hated the purple stains / All over my tiny poet’s fingers / No matter how hard I tried / The stains / Foreshadowing my tiny poet’s life. /// In a weird way, I suppose I’ve missed you / My happy poems don’t sound quite as good / My sunny songs / Not entertaining quite as much / Sometimes I have to fake them all, happy or sad, sunny or cloudy (gasp!) / “Cause inside, I am at peace / Calm, content / Grateful… / Grateful dead? /// Not sure, my friend, but hey, good seeing you / My always special, forever faithful, the one and only heartache / Go on, now, go see your other friends / I love you / Until we meet again.
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