Awake Within A Dream

the man
stands tall
 
proud
defiant
 
the man
stands strong
 
blasted
by sand
 
exposed
to solar radiation
attacked  
by tormenting winds
 
the man
stands surveying
 
witnessing  
blessing
the man
stands towering
 
above desiccated playa
(remnant of ancient seas)
 
the man
stands guarding
two-legged beings scurrying  constructing creating
 
awake within
hallucinatory fantasy
 
(or asleep
in alternate reality)
the man
stands sentenced
 
death by fire
sacrificial lamb
 
to gods
of illusion
the man
falls
 
mass transformed
into energy
 
amidst dancing laughter
celebration
the man’s smoke
and ashes merging
 
with dust and
waking dreams

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