Lose the Baggage
by Carl Santoro
when you are asleep, you are ASLEEP.
when you are dreaming, you're DREAMING.
NOT SLEEPING....another state.
one is sleep.
one being
in a dream, or
dreaming.
and then
there is consciousness.
I could be dead wrong.
I could be at a
dead end.
But when all has
been tried
the fourth state-
eternal oblivion,
yes-
NOT ASLEEP
NOT DREAMING
NOT CONSCIOUS
THE ETERNAL OBLIVION STATE
is
well,
is
IS ALL AND EVERYTHING AND NOTHING.
but I could be dead wrong.
I am quite impressed by the way you handled the meaning of this poem, so, in other words, its method leading to its meaning revealed. *