I took a vacation from myself
And my standard personality
My vices and virtues left behind
I became someone new
Shed my skin
Evacuated my shell
Molted my feathers
And wandered off to the abyss
What I once called the truth
What I once named false
Both now thrown in the air
Now I see which falls into my lap
Sharing sexual pleasures with men and women alike
In an illustrious lusty affair
Smoking herb, dropping out and drinking the forbidden wine
With no second thought
With no regret or remorse
No rules
No laws
No limits
Rebelling against myself
And whatever is given to me
But why?
How come?
To test limits
To break through
To a place of nothing
No gods
No kings
No me
To test myself
My boundaries
To abandon my comfort zone
And take a trip
I’ve been to the land
Of discipline
Of self control
Of obedience
And conformity
Faded out to the valley of shadows
Nowheresville
Population me
I’ll return
To my roots
Soon enough
With the knowledge
Of how far I’ll go
How deep I care to let myself go
How heavy a load I can carry
Loosening my grip of reality
Only to adjust it
To a level of pressure that suites me best
Make changes in myself
To be the man I want to be
Rearrange my life
And see what I really believe
So until I come home peace be with you
If I’m not back in ten minutes
Just wait a little bit longer
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I would like to translate this poem
A refined poetic imagination, Tommy. You may like to read my poem, Love And Iust. Thank you.