A Momentary Grok
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Erupting from my bed, from a blissful nirvana
In the midst of a vision of harmonious lucidity
So astoundingly perfectly truthful
There could be no chance of duplicity
…
I’d had a moment …
A moment of perfect clarity
It was world shaking
So perfect in its formless rarity
….
I grokked this crystalline lattice
Formed of thinly spun sugar
Tenuous, breakable, a soap bubble
Sneezed out like a virtual booger
…
From this day forward my life, our lives
This day to day grinding drudge
Would never be the same
Since this fecund life altering nudge
…
I understood the “WHY?!”
I had glimpsed behind the curtain
I must pay attention to the man
Of this one thing I was certain
…
I knew instantly
My grasp was tenuous at best
So I grabbed for my notebook
Before it could migrate west
…
My EUREKA! moment must be recorded
For all posterity to share
For not to enlighten the masses
Would be horrifically, terribly unfair
…
My notebook was a wasteland
Neither a sheet nor a scrap
My pen was out of ink
This scene not a wrap
…
As my mind screamed in anguish
A cleansing, brain scraping tornado built
Morphing my mindscape to a vast barren desert
Littered with scattered grains of literary guilt
…
My shaky house of cards
That perfectly formed monumental edifice
Was lifted, torn from it’s foundation
My masterpiece thrown bodily from the precipice
…
My Mona Lisa, my David … Falling, dwindling
Disappearing into the bottomless abyss
In agony of loss, I threw myself after it
I plunged from atop the proverbial cliffs
…
I fell into a whirling morass
Of seething chaotic energy
Knowing if once lost
Never would I regain this synergy
…
Nooooooooo! I screamed… I cried
I cannot lose this epiphany!
Humanity must know!
Must hear this wondrous symphony
…
Once known all would fall down to weep
With wonder at the sheer beauty
Of this my bawling brain child
Elucidation of the masses my ultimate duty
…
My vision dissipated, my mind’s eye went blind
It’s psychedelic canvas faded to shrouded grey
My once in a lifetime masterful stroke of grok
Having slipped it’s tenuous mooring lazily drifted away
…
I reached rock bottom
The sub basement of Hell
My beautiful universe altering discovery
Had heard death’s keening knell
…
All humanity would now be poorer
Though they would never be aware
Of the loss they had suffered
Only I would know or care
…
My family found me there
Gibbering, mumbling, pawing
My head cradled in my cramped hands
Fingers clenched, lips bloody with gnawing
…
Crimson scribble adorned my wall
Funneling, runnelling in spattered drips
A stillborn fetus’ life’s blood
Clotting in unreadable comedic strips
…
Now I spend my every moment
Banging my head against padded walls
Trying to jar loose the wondrous epiphany
That had graced then ghosted my literary halls
…
Sorry humanity.. I tried
Time for my pills? Thanks doc
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Inspired by the twisted literary genius of another vocal media poet..
Thank you Brenton F. for the inspiration.
Follow this link to read his poem Ermagerd:
https://shopping-feedback.today/poets/ermagerd%3C/p%3E%3Cstyle data-emotion-css="14azzlx-P">.css-14azzlx-P{font-family:Droid Serif,Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size:1.1875rem;-webkit-letter-spacing:0.01em;-moz-letter-spacing:0.01em;-ms-letter-spacing:0.01em;letter-spacing:0.01em;line-height:1.6;color:#1A1A1A;margin-top:32px;}
About the Creator
Andrew C McDonald
Andrew McDonald was a 911 dispatcher for 30 yrs with a B.S. in Math (1985). He served as an Army officer 1985 to 1992, honorably exiting a captain.
https://www.amazon.com/Killing-Keys-Andrew-C-McDonald-ebook/dp/B07VM843XL?ref_=ast_author_dp
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Comments (3)
This is truly a thing of pure beauty Andrew! Grok Yes!
Oh my, this was so intense, lol. I loved it!
Loving your style and sense of humour here. This really is a terrific piece about creating and the audience. Brenton is a gun too! Anyway well done Andrew. 👍😊