POEM: Black Out

I was there

But not there

I was conscious

But not cognizant 

You wouldn't have guessed it

Neither would I

Had I been you

The world was spinning

Like a luminescent rainbow 

I was in a tunnel

Outside the building

Where the party took place

My senses were enhanced

Everything was enhanced

Yet 

Nothing made sense

Yet

It felt like it did

Having had quite a bit

Having imbibed quite a lot

2 hours of my memory

Just gone

Complete and utter

Black out

God knows

What happened in that space

Of time

I awoke in my bed

With scratches all over

And a sticker on my arm

With my nickname

I had conversations

I met people

From what i heard

Yet

I remember nothing

Was it a quantum leap?

Did I enter some parallel universe?

No,

Not quite

I simply

Blacked out

Exhilarating

Horrifying

Stupid even

Yet

I made it home

By some miracle

And awoke in my bed

None the wiser

But none the worse

I simply 

Blacked out

But i do remember

There was a tunnel 

And i passed through it;

The gateway

Between sobriety

And complete and utter

Black out,

Or if you will;

Alcohol-induced

Memory loss

And i'm sure that you

And you,

And you

Have experienced this phenomenon

Maybe not the tunnel

Maybe not in the literal sense

But the

Alcohol-induced

Memory loss

Or if you will

A black out

© Dean R Boic 2015