Residue of a Shattered Mind

Adom West

A separate reality
our unknown world.
Wide and beautiful
secrets unfold.
our senses guide us
a hand of power and glory.
Through the years of unknown traits
laid on a path before me.

Map of subconsciousness
carved into stone.
A shell of humanity
supported by bone.
Minds encased
trapped alone.
Forced to deal with reality
so far from home.

Is it elemental
the knowledge we strive?
Out of our grasp
until we die?
The bubbles of vision
obscuring our view.
A screen of tight circles
we see our world through.

The knowledge that escapes us
just out of reach.
Take a deep breath
and a suicidal leap.

The Vastness

Adom West

In trapping power
trading trances
our brain the playground
of many dances
a parade of life
vast expanses
throughout it learned
our vision prances
into the night
our minds in wonder
look into the hands
to control the thunder.