The Time Being | Steve Kilbey

double blessings all round huge storybook fish swim thru the waves lucky old sun dance on the waves mermen on the foamy rocks i dive into this sea and i swim down into swirling green depths when i surface its 5 thousand years ago and i kick sideways along lost in this sea king vagabond all sunburnt and freckles islands float past me lovely islands in red sunsets oh those lotus eaters stoned out of their dopey minds that lotus elan in honey honey those hazy dreamy dazes the sweet bloom reach towards sleepy flesh my men lie in the lotus den slowly eating eating eating chewing swallowing sitting back everything maybe was just dream after that no witch no nymph no giant no nothing no gods coming n going in stupid visions no men out there drowning the storms subside the wreckage drifts nonchalant no cities on fire with screaming night no monsters eating ships whole no caves with dried flower no incense smoke no wine no nepenthe no drug i dont know i imagine i’m home wheres that? in the distance somewhere where there is rest somewhere where there is peace somewhere where there is love love? no ok its just the lotus talking no love no home no peace no rest no

raining today silver drops falling outta a grey sky swim in the rain sauna in the rain walk in the rain do yoga in the sunroom watching the rain the street all wet n deserted the street slippery and flooding bedraggled birds wish i was asleep sleeping while the rain falls down dreaming of water maybe i dunno dreaming of sheets of water clouds low n heavy clear water streaming in gutters dreaming of rainy seasons dreaming of transparence dreaming of  river river of dreaming slip from this world slip thru its net slip thru the sluice so easy now to slip away away away why was i so frightened to slip away when its so easy so goddamn easy