Another Poem From MDC Brooklyn

MDC Brooklyn 5/16/24

Astral Thoughts

The humbuzz 

vending machines

are comforting; 

not drowned out

by the chaos 

of dozens of voices

begging reason in the storm.

There’s only a few legal visits today.

Outside the dark clouds

Brew a rainy mix,

but inside

your head,

if you concentrate 

on your breathing,

your mantra,

you can project your mind

and spirit

beyond the cage of your flesh. 

You believe.

You’ve read

everything

there is 

on this

out of body

experience.

And you breathe,

slowly,

In through your nostrils deep

into your gut,

slowly,

out through your mouth,

slowly,

and you speak,

your mantra,

be still,

in your mindheart

and the humbuzz

leaps from the machines

into your body electric

and it’s done!

At first it feels

like falling,

but you rise 

above yourself

and float beneath the ceiling

the fluorescent bulbs,

the cracks, missing tiles, brown water spots…

that’s it. 

You travel the length of the room and back

to the breathing husk

of your body

below

and you’re dying

to return home.

Ray Lopez