Bummer

there are no dreams coming true,

no silver lining

nor pot of gold

i have followed the rainbow

i have boldly tripped 

along the yellow brick road

and the trip doesn’t go like in the movie

what you seek 

isn’t just ”right where you are”

it’s nowhere

because the problem 

is the seeking

in the first place

the wanting, the longing

that’s the flawed premise we all start with

the feeling of incompleteness

of “if i only had this or that

or lived under such and such conditions...

i would be alright.”

and the truth is

we are NOT alright

we are NOT

alright

and that longing never goes away

and that separateness

never ceases

and the useless pointless 

nature of existence

never stops hurting

we only grow accustomed 

to the pain.