Sitting on the Floor
by Charles Bryan

Sit on the carpet floor

Cross my legs, breathe in deep

In my mind I see the Light

Visions of my inner sight

The images, I try to keep

Prying open the door

In a tunnel I soar

A bright light, I cannot feel

A force from the right side

The stranger no longer hides

The Knowledge, the universal seal

This I will implore

I see it before me

Feeling serene, my mind is pure

Tried to tell me what was true

Then faded in a light of blue

I failed to hold the image sure

Now I cannot see

I pass through tunnel's wall

My astral body, I float away

Another vision comes to mind

The path to truth again I find

I must leave, I want to stay

Suddenly, I hear the call

Have I reached my goal?

Up past Galizur, another plane?

Seeking the truth that we once had

Or is it just that I am mad?

Losing my mind, going insane

What a price for the toll!

I arrive at the hole

The Abyss, where all is stored

I wonder if it's the Beast's domain

Something stops my upward gain

The life line, the silver cord

That ties my body to the soul

And now I see it all

The Cosmos, The Universe

From the visage comes a high

What I've been taught is just a lie

The pain, the sin, the curse

Had we really taken the fall?

I lose the urge to plee

To a deity, the Lord

For He is Us and We are Him

My faith for Him was just a whim

For this truth I have implored

I feel my soul is free

Now I concentrate no more

A loud rumble, a noisy din

Milling voices fill my ears

Now I realize, as mind clears

I have returned, to the burden

Still sitting on the floor