hallow insouciant Far into my mind’s expanse Past the woods edge Further down the thicket Through boot-sucking swamp A spot with its own gravity and orbit I walk its edges Enjoy my time away Venture as far as i can But always return A world full of sensations Friends with smiles Laughing wind-in-hair Is too much The invisible tether pulls A slack thread taught My mind slows, reactions dim Sensations lose their color A pit in my gut Starts the zombie march Shut down all systems batteries empty With only one place to charge Hallow hollow To where i must return But hate to stay 220807 what's it to you? who go blather from