Monday, March 5, 2012

Thoughts of an Unsound Mind

I often wonder why I even think about you.  Because every time I do, I know your not thinking about me, and it's driving me crazy.  I often wonder if you truly see me, not look at, but See me.  It's a viscous cycle.  Yet I keep it going because you're All I think about . . . that is when I'm not stuck thinking about some other less important thing, and it's truly making me crazy.  Never, have I felt like this.  Lost in a world of hurt and utter bliss.  I really need to find solid ground.  I really need to get to a place where my feet aren't bound.  I really need to forget . . . You.  But, for now.  I'm thinking about you, like crazy.  I'm thinking about you like a starry night thinks about the moon.  Like the moon thinks about the howling wolf.  And baby how I'm howling for you!  I'm thinking about you like a calculator thinks about solving problems.  And problems think about being calculated.  And calculations think about being written down to create problems for another generation to solve!  And how I've spilled my problems, my Heart, onto this page to be . . . Solved.  But, forget that because, Right now I'm thinking about You, and going crazy!  But who am I kidding, I like crazy.  Because, right now I'm thinking about you like those stars think about bursting, and throats think about thirsting, and hearts think about yearning . . . to be Loved.  Right now I'm thinking about you like a tired man who's walked his whole life thinks about just lying down, and going to Sleep . . . Forever.  I'm thinking about you like a lie thinks about being clever.  I'm thinking about you like Holes think about . . . THIS IS SPARTA!  Like Holes think about emptiness, and emptiness thinks about that Something . . . that Something, to Fill it.  Crazy!  I'm going crazy, but that's okay, because the crazier I get, the closer you are to me.  So for now, I'm thinking about you like crazy.  Right now.  I'm thinking about you like the Roses think about the rain, and the pricked finger thinks about the pain.  Right now I'm thinking about you like a camera thinks about pictures, and pictures think about taking, and smiles think about faking.  I'm thinking about you like creativity thinks about . . . acid?  Like gangsters think about being flaccid.  I'm just Thinking about you.  I'm thinking about you and wondering Why I failed.  And I'm crazy, because I'm thinking about you.  I'm thinking about you like a taxi thinks about being hailed.  Like I think about getting in that taxi, and leaving this place, just to get out of the storm raging around me.  When I really should just take a Walk, and learn to dance in the rain.  So I'm walking, or maybe I'm crawling, or maybe just running into certain Oblivion.  All I really know is I'm still thinking.  Still thinking about you, like a heart thinks about pain.  And clouds think about rain.  And rain thinks about roses.  And the pain in that pricked finger spreads to the heart.  Only to bleed itself dry onto this paper.  I can no longer tell if I'm thinking or dreaming.  Does either one ever really come true?  Probably not.  But, for some reason I continue to dream I'm thinking about you.  I'm thinking about you like spring thinks about Life, and life thinks about summer.  And summer thinks about bees, and bees are always thinking about honey.  And Honey I'm always thinking about You!  I'm thinking about you like Crazy thinks about churning my mind until my favorite color is White.  And white always thinks about straight jackets, and straight jackets think about square padded rooms.  And squares think about circles.  And I'm thinking full circles about you!  I'm thinking about you like flaws think about cracks.  And cracks think about freezing, thawing, freezing, thawing, freezing, SNAP!  Thinks about OH!  And oh I'm thinking about you!  I'm thinking about you like my hand is thinking about arthritis right now because holy fuck crazy people can write a-lot!  So I'll take a pill, hell maybe I'll take 20.  As long as I can forget, because being crazy is not what I have in Mind.  Unless I get my own Straight Jacket to keep my thoughts in line.  Understand it, feel it, know it. . .  Well, it's going to be awhile for this pill to take effect.  So until then, your presence Haunts my thoughts.  And my thoughts eventually Lead to thinking, and thinking inevitably leads to You.  I'm thinking about you like a faded path thinks about winding.  Like enraged teeth think about grinding.  Like lost thinks about finding.  And locks think about Binding.  I'm thinking about you like a haunted poet thinks about never ending stares.  Like tired, desperate feet think about never ending stairs.  And stairs think about destinations.  I'm thinking about you like questions think about explanations.  But I'm happy.  Maybe it's this pill.  Maybe it's the fact I got all of this off my chest.  Maybe it's me realizing that I may have tried, but haven't done my best.  Either way, I'm still thinking about you.  Do crazy people realize they are crazy. This is a question I often ponder.  I'm Happy.  And I'm thinking, You.  I'm thinking about you like Christ thinks about Bread.  And the starving child thinks about being happy, and fed.  I'm thinking about you like Napoleon thinks about dynamite, and love thinks about Friday night.  Like wrong wonders why it wasn't Right.  And Right now I'm thinking about you!  I'm thinking about you like ice cream thinks about the cone.  I'm thinking about you like silent Tears think about a quiet phone.  Like an Empty house sits and wonders why it's not a home.  Because it's the people who fill it that provide hopes and dreams.  That make the Dark lighter than it seems.  So I'm thinking about you like a T-shirt thinks about a worn pair of jeans.  Like when those jeans Rip, they think about a needle and thread to fix their seams.  I'm thinking about you like a sleeping child thinks about dreams.  I'm thinking about you!  Like a kid thinks about the candy he can't have.  I'm thinking about you like a desperate man turned criminal, thinks about a purse he can grab.  And really, It's not too hard to understand, but It's still something not even Einstein could grasp.  I guess you could say. . .  It's as simple as socks thinking about shoes, and drunks thinking about boos.  I'm thinking about you like tootsies think about rolls, and pimps thinks about ho's, and ho's think about . . . getting rich!  I'm thinking about you like eyes think about blinking, and Blink-ing thinks about 182, and 182 thinks about Wishing, and wishing thinks about wells.  And well, I'm wishing I could just get you out of my head, but in this twisted reality, I'm not.  Because when I'm lost in this thought, you're really all that I have.  So I'm holding on to you.  And I'm still thinking about you.  I'm thinking about you like Mexi's think about . . . mowing?  Like Cold hands think about holding.  And burns think about scolding.  Like the Heat thinks about the flame, and the Liar thinks about who to blame.  Like Me, Thinking, about that Someone with a name.  So despite it All, I'm still thinking about you, and still wishing I wasn't.  Because this thorn in my heart is threatening overdose.  So to keep it from ceasing the beat, and bringing the Curtain to a permanent close . . . I'm thinking about, You.  I'm thinking about you like butchers think about beating . . . Suflaki, or is it meat?  I'm thinking about you like Sarah Palin thinks about killing moosin.  Like stoned loners think about using, and Judges think about choosing.  I'm thinking about you like the corner on 23rd thinks about Coke.  Like a redneck thinks about being the center of a funny joke.  I'm thinking about you like a Blind man thinks about Hope.  Right now, I'm thinking about you like a man with empty pockets thinks about being broke.  I'm thinking about you like hair thinks about expression, and expression thinks about creativity, which thinks about no longer being . . . Creative.  I'm thinking about you.  I'm thinking about you like Love thinks about . . . Giving up.  I'm trying.  I'm thinking about you like What's thinks about Up, and Up thinks about houses.  And houses think about that Something, to fill it.  Something thinks about love, and Love thinks about cheering up an old man who's lost it All.  But all the old man can think about is . . . Helium.  And helium of course thinks about balloons.  Helium should make me happy, yet I'm sad?  And while I wait for the answer, I'm thinking about you, like a Balloon thinks about why he was let go.

1 comment:

  1. I'm thinking about you like butchers think about beating . . . Suflaki, or is it meat? That sentence reminded me of good times :) This was amazing. I read it out loud to fully understand the format and the amazing way that you put this together. I loved this. It gave me a glimpse of what I can't see just by looking at you. I love you. Keep writing. <3

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