A few dozen poems writen during my un-medicated daze

[Geoff-Allen]

The Modern World

Have we grown too sensible to believe in magic
Are we all too tired to dream - how tragic
Will we maintain this frantic acceleration
Could we ever reverse all the disintegration

Many men in many places have their own serene faces
They see with crystal clarity all of our disparity
Listen closely to them and hear their pearls of wisdom
Instead of all this chaos they dwell in the eternal kingdom

 

[Geoff-Allen]

Journey of a Lifetime

People tell me to run through the famous city,
Then they watch me wander along the beaches,
When I shift the soldiers buttons,
They sell me a jumper with extra sleeves

 

[Geoff-Allen]

Relaxation

I walk down to the soft green ocean
I see the perpetual waves in motion
I watch a fish and eat a sandwich
I drop an onion onto the beach

 

[Geoff-Allen]

A story at Nightime

I saw a ghost in a jar of sand,
He asked me if I had any jokes,
I said I have no fear of candles,
So he took me off to meet his folk

 

[Geoff-Allen]

Dream Sequence # 53

I met a few people and I feel I know 'em
So I decided to write them half a poem
I'm a pacifist and a passenger
I'm an optimist and a messenger

 

[Geoff-Allen]

More to follow - remind me

 

[Geoff-Allen]

Disconnected Realities

Can we spend our money in all the nameless ways
Can we enjoy the coming of the endless days
Our lives inside of us are just disappearing
Could it really be ourselves we are fearing

 

[Geoff-Allen]

Revelation

I was resting on the bed one day,
When the eternal flame passed my way,
At the time I did not recognise it,
But I slowly learned how to prize it.

 

[Geoff-Allen]

Humanity

Everyone has a tale to tell
A joke or even a magic spell
Listen closely and you may see
That I am you and you are me

 

[Geoff-Allen]

Decisions Decisions

My doctor told me I was mad
I said mate they're all so sad
Then he told me all about the cost
How all the little people got lost

I listened to his tragic story
What happened to the ancient glory
Outsmarted by their own inventions
Despite their very best intentions

Now it's too late to say goodbye
Silent objects pierce the sky
Haunted by their own illusions
Strangers talk of old solutions

 

[Geoff-Allen]

Perceptions

People tell me I'm insane
Because of chemicals in my brain
They don't know they cannot see
That I am living in eternity

 

[Geoff-Allen]

Blurred Vision

My eyes were cloudy I could not see
All around me there was such a mist
To find out what the trouble may be
I went along to see the optimist

He gave to me a riddle or two
And three candles which were green and blue
The candles he said were to light the way
While the riddles were there to fill the day

I was so happy I almost shouted
Some new ideas had already sprouted
I thanked him with a golden flower
We laughed together for half an hour

 

[Geoff-Allen]

Anticipation

I waited for a moment
But the moment never came
I looked all around me
But nothing was the same

In the distance a bird is calling
All around me trees start falling
A giant feather in a golden cup
Crawling sideways I still look up

 

[Geoff-Allen]

Buried Treasure

There are at least twenty different ways
To rearrange this ancient phrase
Try to forget everything you know
Down into the heart of reality you'll go

Suddenly a light is seen up ahead
You may start to wonder if you are alive or dead
Fear not and just walk right into the cave
This surely is the very best way to behave

Federal agents will rush to your assistance
But the light has a strange, unearthly persistence
A moment can seem like several thousand years
In a dimension that gives you no reason for tears

Decorated with flowers, the skeptics dance on
Dedicated to the pursuit of things I won't mention
In the beginning, the garden was quite spacious
Cabbages and lemons growing on shoe laces

If you find this verse a bit hard to follow
Here is one notion you may care to borrow
Reality is far more than you can touch and see
It responds to thoughts arising from you and from me

 

[Geoff-Allen]

The Pursuit of Happiness

I was born towards the end of eternity
I travelled backwards through time to this present century
I rolled a pink onion towards the next forest
The people were grateful and gave me a spelling test

I was born yesterday and the day before that
Sometimes I'm a dolphin but right now I'm a cat
My identity fluctuates in a somewhat random fashion
I keep my possessions in bags to stop them from smashing

 

[Geoff-Allen]

Lumpy Custard

Life is a bowl of lumpy custard
If your dreams are old and rusted
Life is a spoonful of soggy porridge
An endless quest for useless knowledge

Life is a series of unanswered questions
Everyone is desperate to offer suggestions
All known opinions are arbitrary and incomplete
Truth rests silently between your head and your feet

 

[Geoff-Allen]

A Grain of Salt

Life is a game without any rules
A game that is played by wise men and fools
A game that has no beginning or end
Where each of us learns new ways to pretend

This next verse really needs some work
Sometimes I feel like such a jerk
A little patience and a lot of luck
And we can avoid being hit by that truck

Just bring your mind
To a complete standstill
And you'll have more bliss
Than you know how to handle

You may laugh
You may even scoff
You might just wish
To twist my head off

Nevertheless I speak the truth
No doubt you'll ask where is my proof
What's true is true is true it's true
There is no difference between me and you

 

[Geoff-Allen]

Greetings Earthlings

I am a stranger in a strange land
So many things I can not understand
Why do you kill
Why do you hate
Why does your anger
Never seem to abate
Will the next soul I encounter
Have any answer
Even if they are currently
Dying from cancer

 

[Geoff-Allen]

Daze of Our Lives

Time is a monster that chokes you to death
Closer to the grave with every single breath
Time is a hunter and you are its prey
Your moment of departure may come today

 

[Geoff-Allen]

Therapy at Home

I talked to the men
With sand in their hair
They told me that I'm
Neither here nor there

I watched all the men
With tears in their eyes
They told me that I
Should turn to the skies