Tonight I Was On A Mission (A Night I'Ll Regretfully Remember) Poem by Michael Fischer

I was softly looking to embark
On an expedition of my mind
Seeking the strange beauties
Of a faintly lit heaven
(Like a monarch butterfly
Chasing the summer sunset)

So my fellow friends and I
Broke buttoned-down standards
And knocked down the barriers
Between us and Mother Earth

And in harmonizing with her
We gained a lust for adventure
Like a free versed vagabond
With a heart for a compass

So we went to a local show
And plot lined the new year
Wrapping our souls around
A manifold of bright colors

And for the next hour or so
My right foot tread reality
And my left tread the conoid
Of my velvety, intricate mind

And all was going well
Until...

My 'friend' I had for two years
Said that he never liked me
Throwing my inflated heart
In a black and white abyss
(This was the first time that
Anyone had said that to me)

And within a flash of lightning
Every experience we shared
Was blown up, degenerated,
Destroyed, and disposed of
(The handshakes, the beers,
The laughs, and the cheers)

And instead of wrapping myself
Inside the arms of good friends
I instead wrapped myself inside
The barred wire dooms of death
(Stripped of its ebony mystery
And variable star-shaped aura)

And in turn, I stripped myself
Of my emery stone strength
And beneath the overcast skies
Sank in a cesspool of emotions
(Ignoring my pendant of peace
Dangling from my crooked neck)
Shouting fragments of revenge
Into the depths of the night

And as I laid on a war cloud
Instead of on my bed of roses
I finally achieved my mission
Before deciding to write this