Voices, dogs and inhospitable habitats

But it all feels so real!

The tastes,

The sights,

That yearning,

Burning on the inside.

The voices

Speak,

Sort of like

 A spoken interaction

With the world around me,

Unheared and breathless,

Yet ceaselessly,

Constantly

Commenting, evaluating,

Deciding, guessing and

Stimulating

Anticipated action.

Some voices are more

Aggressive

Then others,

Some more subtle.

Then there is

“The ogre”,

Always harassing,

Always insisting

That he is owed something,

Like an eternal

Self-sustaining debt.

Sometimes patting the back,

As if suspiciously friendly,

Other times belching curses,

Demanding with threats.

In all honesty,

I feed this dog.

Yes,

I do.

I throw him a bone.

Even at times

When he comes crawling home

After a fight, defeated,

Practically on the verge of death,

I go to the lengths of

CPR, or even

Administering any kind of

Life prolonging medicine

At my disposal.

(Even sometimes

Silently

Praying for his recovery… )

God,

How pathetic!

The dog to emerge victorious

Is the dog that is fed the most.

It is a simple fact.

Common sense, really.

Why then seek out to explore

Those foggy landscapes

Of the mind and senses?

The damp mist of speculation

And contemplation of sense objects.

The ogrelike dog

Broken away from his leash,

Has you stumbling around, chasing him,

In this marchland habitat.

Waving arms in front,

You trip over every root

As he taunts you with barking

In the distance.

Here there is every chance

Of again falling into

That material pool,

Reeking of decay.

Feed the good dog.

He is ever faithful

To the master.

Like a blind dog

Trained to be that

Trusty, dependable companion,

He will not lead u astray.

He stays on his leash,

He can sniff out the path

Leading out.

Out of the fog.

Passed the pools.

But he must be fed

To survive.

And what is his favorite treat?

                Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna,

                Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare,

                Hare Rama, Hare Rama,

                Rama Rama, Hare Hare.