Peel back the universal membrane
Flimsy and fragile like a cheap shower curtain
Feet leave this world and step into the next
Ignore the rainbow swimming at the edge
For science and exploration is the goal
The newspaper reads “Sanders wins nomination”
This is common knowledge to all here
Don’t react with anything but acknowledgement
Blend in with the paint of people, you are just the primer
Underneath and invisible, keeping the walls from rotting
No spacesuit, no ATV, just walk into the next universe
Peel, step, assimilate. Peel, step, assimilate.
Home is gone. An eternal traveler searching
For a feeling of comfort and security that has
Melted into the membrane that lies below
An ash-person falling apart with each step
The only identity is in the movement
Time passes, cities fall, people die
Ignore the rainbow swimming at the edge
For science and exploration is the goal
You are a god in the skin of a mortal
No one knows who you are and what you did
There is a freedom in invisibility, Vagabond of the Parallel.
Riding the train, your bindle filled with the treasures of the tracks
Your only purpose to keep moving, your only direction forward
Peel back the universal membrane
It feels different this time, heavy and soft
Like a velvet curtain across a bay window
The sky looks familiar, red light with purple clouds
Made it back. Hope drains. Identity lost.
Head up. Move forward.
Grab a corner of the air.
A wrapper on a popsicle
Peel. Step. Assimilate.
You are your journey.
Home rides the rails with you.
Smile, Vagabond of the Parallel
Poetry Overdose 