An Ode to my new friend Orbie.
At first, I didn't realize you were just saying hi when you ate the whole universe with me inside.

I see now, it was a reasonable thing to do. From inside the outside looking in, I didn't know which way to go.
Maybe I did run away a bit, though I didn't offend.
Perhaps I was a little scared, though that quickly came to an end. When I came to see you as you are, I found my own mixed intentions.
I don't know what made think I could or even should understand. The closer I got, the more I came to see, you were just making your way though this world, just like me.
I don't know what made me think that any of it mattered, or if it did, would it still matter in the end?
Nonetheless, seeing you there, felt freeing to me. A sense of order in the nonsense of the germane.
Somehow, seeing your eye. Witnessing the center of your soul surrounding me. It made me feel, good to be alive.
I wondered, were we two parts of the same whole?
Then I wondered, if we were, where could we go?
I wonder, will you remember me should I wake up and discover that I've never slept a wink in my life? I am fairly certain it doesn't matter either way.
Though, I've already grown quite fond of you, and find myself eager to learn more of your ways.
I've made you a nest, a place to call home.
If you choose to enjoy it, please come and go as you like, you're always free to roam.

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Great article from @AsheSchow. I lived thru the 'Satanic Panic' of the 1980's/early 1990's asking myself "Has eveyrbody lost their GODDAMN MINDS?!"


The 3 big things that made the 1980's/early 1990's surreal for me.

1) Satanic Panic - satanism in the day cares ahhhh!

2) "Repressed memory" syndrome

3) Facilitated Communication [FC]

All 3 led to massive abuse.

"Therapists" -and I use the term to describe these quacks loosely - would hypnotize people & convince they they were 'reliving' past memories of Mom & Dad killing babies in Satanic rituals in the basement while they were growing up.

Other 'therapists' would badger kids until they invented stories about watching alligators eat babies dropped into a lake from a hot air balloon. Kids would deny anything happened for hours until the therapist 'broke through' and 'found' the 'truth'.

FC was a movement that started with the claim severely handicapped individuals were able to 'type' legible sentences & communicate if a 'helper' guided their hands over a keyboard.