Distraction

I wrote this while on a sleeper train in China in July of 2006. It's the culmination of a lot of philosophical thought from my Wisdom of th Orient class in Japan and traveling through the East. I really like the first long rant, but the second half still needs work, I feel.

From life breeds a multitude of
attachments and erotic intents
meant to lure the unwary down
a road lit only by sporadic overhead
lamps and the dim laughter of a man
who once thought himself king.
Go through the steps it takes to realize
where and when you can escape and
plan your move past the locked
doors that keep you chained inside
a prison of your own desires.
Find not what you were searching for
but the peace you never imagined.