Luminescence

By Shelley M. Latreille

Rejoin the living and embrace your scenic shadow.
Disengage the chains and disconnect the lock.
Your catatonic smile makes the sinister demons feel elated.
Turn yourself inside out so that your internal monologue will be heard by all.
Conform to what your skeletal structure supremely desires.
Bleed for your thoughts so that your blood
will remain clot free contained within your veins.
Replicate what you see through the eyes of a camera’s lens.
Decapitate your fears and slice away your tears.
Discontent with your six senses,
you merge them into one mega sense and remain incognito.
Your independent mind free ranges on persistent vocabulary.
Your luminescence glows brighter with earned knowledge and indigestion.
You digest education and thought control
in a manner that is provocative and expansive.
The educated wilderness will not teach the masses.
In the end, everything will all float away
and what was lost will most likely be found within.