Stella, sixties star
soared in the skies
maybe too close
to the sun
all in hippie
dressed the part
flower prints, tie dyes
psychedelic colors
did LSD, meth and
other drugs too
A few bad trips
tired of freak outs
sought the Truth
In the spiritual oasis
mother India
found a guru
Shri Swami something
three years later
returned to Cali
enlightened
she claimed
looking crazier
more screwed up
then when on drugs
vegan thin to the bone
worryingly skeletal
then came the day
she claimed she had
siddhis (super powers)
I can fly she said
eyes lit like flashbulbs
sadhu dreads disheveled
kinda zombitized
a day later she flew
off a ten story building
and the Stella I loved
and will never forget
took her final trip
into the Great Unknown.
Bob Boyd