Once taken

(dedicated to Sea Sanctuary)

I am not a heroin user
and I am not a cocaine user
they get opium now for America
from where they planted the wars
now also
I am not an opium user
I am a life user and life can by a drug
if you love it
or a drag if you don’t
because depending on life
you didn’t want (but took anyway)
you might become unbalanced
in need
of something to hold on to
your mind can go to many places
in many directions
shallower
further
respected or not
mind is an ocean
boats are the magic
navigare necesse est

I believe I would be sailing it with them in England
if I stayed
or sailed to Indochina
and used my life in Asia quietly
because life
always
starts inside of you
once taken