ANTAGONIST

Our adversaries strengthen our nerves and sharpen our skill.
Inadvertently, the antagonist is our helper, we gain experience.
This gives us knowledge, the wisdom of handling the conflicts.
What was once an assumption is a full fledged first hand affair.
Acknowledgment & disappointment, celebration & condemnation.
Betrayal of loyalty, unconditional love tested, provoked temptation.
Honour takes issue with pride, implication of shame brings humility.
Ultimately it's the anger, quietly yet grudgingly stirring up perplexity.
Tempted to seek satisfaction in vindication, despite the humiliation.
Detachment is a necessity to safeguard against threatened sanity.
There's more ingenuity which will kick in once the going gets rough.
In keeping vigil we sharpen our skill,our adversary makes us tough.

MASKS

Masks and masks and masks

everyone solicitously wearing 

walking around in fake smiles

inner feelings kept in disguise

expedient posture of pretence

is the state of natural defence. 

Masks are given as we arrive

superficial allusions of identify

names, numbers, tags, brands

idiopathic means secure points

skirts for ladies, pants for gents

a fancy crown his majesty gets.

A mask is an indication of fear 

looks like a safe way to appear

remove once the coast is clear

can't hide the truth from a seer

outwardly proud, in reality shy 

takes a careful look in the eye.

LUCID ALERT

Totally awake > daydream > lucid dream > deep dream

(interval) 

lucid dream >  daydream > alert. 

the (interval) is where continuity is maintained 

like a soft landing on automatic pilot. 

Remembering is where the connection is, 

this is where the lucid dream is necessary 

to find continuity to the alert state.

INTERFUSION

Lucid dreaming during daydreaming 
one facing down, the other facing up
like lying on the surface of the water
turning from upside to the down side
subconscious alert of the conscious
coalescing of the inner and the outer.

FACES UPON FACES

In my dreams I see many characters from the past
Some departed in real life but in dreams, still alive
Also some personalities I know in the here and now
There are many whom I have only known via 'www'
They have no face but just a Facebook like presence
I am also visited quite often by entities I’ve never met
I have known more people through my lucid dreams
Which are crowded with faces, coming out in stages
It's rather harmless but sometimes too much stress
I ease them on paper as I am dreaming wide awake
& launch them into the world wide web, just like that.