Take a deep breath in, hold it, release:
I am falling, falling betwixt the wolds that
Clove the lilac thunder; falling beyond the
Crucible, howling banshees on the main; falling
Through the meadows and the waning of
The aster, falling through the cataclysm, wayward
Zones bereft of light. Take a deep breath in, hold it,
Release: I am fading, fading over the harrowing
Impenetrable whiteness, the shattered glass bursting,
A mind in flames; fading beyond the mask,
The eye of undrawn cannibals, fading through the pall
Whereof the ravens cry. Take a deep breath in,
Hold it, release: I am drowning, drowning across
The caraway, the tarn of dappled waters,
Drowning was the CAT scan cascading in the
Rain; drowning beyond the cyclops, a
Wasteland without memory, drowning was
The brook duly born of a windswept isle,
The demon and the rider, weeping
Rivers without stars. The glimmering
Cross, the burning steppe, over the
Valley lay bones unwept, yet the
Bones bequeath the soul and the
Soul sings onwards toward eternity.