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Holosomnia // island in the sky

by Lorin Drexler · Oct 12, 2022

Holosomnia – Featured Artist

island in the sky

the island is home
hues left broken
still breaking
from time before
the heart chakra
is the third eye
closing
eyelashes reaching 
for the center

the time has come for the
beginning to understand
there is no end
there is no end
there is no beginning
only this moment 
reframing the mind
and others
we never reach

the mind centers off
in these outer layers
dictating
what you believe
what it makes true
its concepts of truth
from the same branch of inability 
perceiving time as a season
and a moment of thought
as both an understanding
and a misdoing

when the river runs wild
it runs too much
and never enough
the time that lapses
won't let you live
doesn't allow being
death must be the natural conductor
the eternal movement
understood early in life
and later 
dragged through the gravel
picking out the glass
preparing to heal the wounds
we try not to be stunned
by the reflection of our differing lives
apropos of complicit life
that deserves much less
standing in the palms
of its opposing multiverse

the first is the same as the last
is the same as the first
is the same as the
nucleus
is the same as...
well
it goes
the way it goes

the colors sear my retinas
the hills are alive
they're burning me bright
holographic
insomnia at both ends
floating to this world
lifted in the surreal
in the dreams of gonzo and anime
in the island in the sky
pulling at me
spewing candied fruits
from its confectionary
and caramelizing 
all of life in all 
its eternities 

by LORIN DREXLER


Holosomnia

https://holosomnia.com

Holosomnia creates striking visual dreamscapes with the help of machine intelligence. Email info@holosomnia.com for requests and commissions.


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