The first time I took LSD, I was 13 or 14 years old...and my main concern was coming down in time to make it home for dinner with my family at 5:00 P.M.
My mother was strict on that rule of being home on time for dinner.
So, this concern presented itself during my trip...although the trip itself can hardly be put into appropriate words (sooo incredibly beautiful)...or can't be captured on canvas...so that in itself may have actually kept the other concern from ruining things.
I took the acid...but within an hour, having thought that I didn't take enough, rode my bike back home and got the rest. By the time I peddaled back down to the lake, I was on my way to another land. Within an hour or so, I sat by myself at a picnic table in the woods with a radio. A song by "Alive and Kicking" called "Tighter" was playing. For the first time in my life, I realized I had a soul...the way that music just poured in there...good God almighty...

And although there were tiny ants crawling from the radio speaker and getting increasingly larger as they came acoss the table and then were in my mind in 3D detail viewed by me from all angles, I wasn't scared in the least. Perhaps it was the reassuring light that was now streaming from what should have been shadow in the depth of those woods...

anyhow, if you've taken mushrooms, you have at least paved the way on what to expect.

The heavy hallucinations slowed down around 3:00 p.m. and I did make it home for dinner. Two parents that were not talking to one another...and five siblings. For some reason, we had bluberry pancakes that night. I had no appetite at all...and the plate was moving. Ripples danced across my pancakes. I went back out with friends for a few hours...came back home...went up to my room, jumped into bed, and turned out the light. A few minutes later, mom came in, clicked on the light...the room burst into paisley traces...and my mother interrogaed me. She knew something wasn't right. wanted to know who I was with that day. Moms are funny like that.

Best Wishes...



You know I got to show you
Nobody else before you
Ever gave me such
A beautiful feeling

Oh, woman, you
Touched a-my soul now
Honey, don't you let go now
Hold on, baby
Just a little bit tighter

Hold on
Just a little bit tighter now, baby
I love you so much and
I can't let go, no no no
Hold on, a just a little bit
Tighter now, baby

Love is so surprising
Opened up my eyes and
You reached out and
Took my hand

Baby, you touched a-my soul now
Woman, don't let go now
Hold on, baby
Just a little bit tighter