The Now Continuum

Line of inquiry: “since thoughts speak in past tenses, drop mind, rely on senses, embracing and releasing, pain pangs and pleasure pleasing” ——————————————————— Some look back despite shades of black Or rose colored glasses and liquid laughs But I was always the odd one Living as if under water everything distorted So while they look back I look ahead Doing mental math despite the dead Look in my eyes like I’ve lived before Or that be lived in the past with no history Not a mystery to be solved I dream forward full steam forward Desperate to evolve into my final form Wishing to be a Buddha born Embracing and releasing Chasing and seeking enlightenment Bound by flesh and blood In more than one book of life Pain pangs in the form of blue rain I splash madly in it as if sane Letting the darkness drain my vein Hoping the sharpness ends my pain Pleasure pleasing never too long I think my calling is too strong What if the universe’s neon song Made me a comma but I want to go on Nothing starts or ends with me