we're all such visionaries


sending our minds into the stars

and trying to dwell there

with our feet still on the ground


forget it

you have to leave the ground to get there

and no matter how advanced


your mind is

(or you think your mind is)

you're still in a body


subject to all the ache and woe

to which bodies are heir


and of which visionaries despair

if their illumination proves false...




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