When the immense drugged universe explodes In a cascade of unendurable colour And leaves us gasping naked, This is no more than the ectasy of chaos: Hold fast, with both hands, to that royal love Which alone, as we know certainly, restores Fragmentation into true being. Ecstasy of Chaos

Robert Graves
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When the immense drugged universe explodesIn a cascade of unendurable colourAnd leaves us gasping naked,This is no more than the ectasy of chaos:Hold fast, with both hands, to that royal loveWhich alone, as we know certainly, restoresFragmentation into true being.Ecstasy of Chaos" is a poem by William Blake which describes his personal belief that Chaos and order should be united in the human mind. The poem speaks to our tendency to lose our connection to reality when we are immersed in drugs such as alcohol and drugs such as other prescription medications. We may think we are free from chaos and free from order, but in truth we are just trapped in a world of confusion. The only way to regain our sanity is through Love and through finding a source of Truth. And the only way to find Truth is through Love.

Source: Poems 19651968

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