BETWEEN THE TIGER AND THE ENVELOPE

    some people sparkle like diamonds
    some people glitter like gold
    some people conjure up magic spells
    try to keep them from growing too old

I danced on a volcano
rode the tiger
chased the dragon
but I'm feeling no wiser

explored new dimensions
traveled through time
emerged from a wormhole
in and out of my mind

I kept pushing the envelope
in a relentless attack
pushing and pushing
until the envelope pushed back
    
    I don't like scandalous virtue
    I don't like ambivalent vice
    I don't like the rigid confusion
    which allows one to only think twice

I chanted with shamans
learned from the masters
realigned my chakras
yet I'm still a disaster

been plagued by darkness
consumed by temptation
shunned by reality
maybe even salvation

I kept pushing the envelope
deep into the black
pushing and pushing
until the envelope pushed back
so I pushed even harder
guess I wasn't quite done
and in a shoving match with destiny
the envelope won