Dreaming in Black

I took the pill because it was handed to me.
I took the pill because anything is better than this.
I took the pill and I sat there
and sat there and sat there.

My muscles turned to jelly.
My whole body began to dissolve.
My brain actually stopped.
For a full glorious hour, my brain stopped.

I could see but I couldn’t feel.
My mind was free to drift.
Everything I saw had no purpose
and all my memories were gone

I rode the wave and I smiled.
The smile meant nothing
and nothing meant happiness.
My brain was off.

I took the pill but it didn’t last.
Thirty minutes later everything returned.
Memories came flooding back
and I needed another pill