Full Fathom Deep Fell I into a Sleep
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Full fathom deep fell I into a sleep
Along a pithy path I laughed
As I marched through an ocean’s mast
Who knows, who dares, who cares
Of the dreams I wove and shared
In those caverns of old, those mines of gold
Philosophies and poesies sweet to taste
Ontologies and Beings spoken too late
And the gods appeared to me in celestial state
And offered me the chalice of fate
“Drink deep, my son, drink deep”
Thus I drank and fell further by a leap
Down down, lower than any man had gone before
Where the light no longer shone, with only darkness in store
And I forgot how to distinguish between the light and dark
Right before the end, before the consummation
Before the night swallowed me up
I came back, came to, and now flying with eagle’s wings
I broke free, a newborn, full of passion and peace.
Enmeshed in the darkness, I was now the bearer of light
Only those who have succumbed to insanity
Can reach greatest heights of charity.
