there is no mind
and everything
is wrong
I see cars stuck
on the sky
crushed like paper
I see buildings
changing places
as I walk by
and when people
start coming out
of their houses
they howl
and spit fire
and dogs fly
and defecate on us
shouting bastards
and we change colour
we turn pale
and the world
vapourises instantly
taking us with it.
the mind has collapsed
the world is being blown away
the sight is terrifying
all blood and flesh falling
and the buildings we built
where we live
the places we work in
everything shatters everywhere
and the screaming is horrifying
as fires turn the sky red
anytime now I too will be dead.
rebel and I am
spinning
like a top
till I grow dizzy
and collapse
on the ground
and I know
I am mad
and the world
is somewhere
else
lost to me
like life.
blue and cool
from these mountains
here
green under the golden sun
and cattle eat the grass
as birds chirp
and my neighbour’s TV drones
and this sweet little girl talks
as a scooter goes by
then there is the silence
of the valleys
and I am able to dive
all the way to the bottom
and see the water there
and drink it
and fall in love with the world
once again.
damaging our bodies
and brains
we howl like dogs
in pain
and the world
around us
has decayed too
the sky is cracked
and the universe
is collapsing
and soon
our Earth
is breaking apart
and before we
know it
it explodes
and all of us
and everything
is gone forever.
like a child
in the morning
and with the wind
blowing
you can tell
how happy it is
and the trees
are dancing
in the sunlight
as the birds sing
and a little girl
here is talking
to her uncle
and their voices
are flowing
with love.
some so sad
they make me
cry today
and the living
and the dead
live together
and the world
just goes on
rolling like
a ball
and sometimes
it makes
no sense
though tomorrow
I may be
snatched away
by the wind
and fly
like a bird
in delight.
and breaks everything
in my imagination
and people become
flesh and bones
and I am withered
like a newspaper
in the rain
and the world
keeps slipping
and falling
and disappearing
till there
is nothing
but absence
in my life
which ends
in madness
and strife.
and we all sing along
including the birds
and this world
is transformed
into joy
and the sky dances
and the sun
claps in delight.
blows away
the sorrows
of yesterday
the sunlight
purifies
my mind
and makes
it new
and the talk
of my
neighbours
cleanses
my heart
and I am
in love
with the world
once again.
Dominic Alapat 