I have wandered into
Every corner of the West
And come back to you now with
Darkness rather than light,
All embracing nostalgia, and
The infinite expansion
Of consciousness
___________________
Leave me here,
Books strewn about before
Altars lit with
Burning incense,
Fields expanding and retracting
As a reflection of
Infinite chaos,
I do not need your light.
Leave me here,
Music forces the body
To sway before
Surreal pillars of twilight fire,
Silence echoing outside
The gates of eternity,
I do not need your light.
Leave me here,
Existential and hedonistic,
Carnal and divine,
Indulgent and invested,
Wandering and awake,
I do not need your light.
___________________
One who says things of great meaning
Is often observed speaking gibberish
As well.
This is because the wise know meaning
Is only found through
Trial and error.
Most never speak at all
For fear of the gibberish, and thus never say
Anything of meaning.
___________________
The fallen prey
Fall and pray
To they who prey on the fallen
___________________
Meaning is a phantom,
A specter ever slipping through the fingers as it runs carelessly through abandoned, cobwebbed halls,
A tantalizing, waking image of subconscious desire made real in the moments preceding the dawn.
Grasp for it, trap it when you can, observe it at rest and play, with retina and microscope, in the darkness and light.
Then set it upon the waves of chance once more to seek new adventures, and catch for yourself meanings anew.
___________________
We cowered from the magicians hiding in the shadows,
Casting arcane spells against
The kind and innocent,
But never saw them in the streets or
Suffered at their hands.
We cheered for the authorities who
Dragged them into the light,
Crushing the bodies with stones,
Tearing them limb from limb,
Charring their flesh with burning fires,
Until they came for one of our own,
Most innocent of heart and action.
We feared the wrong people.
___________________
Pathetic
The degradation of the self
The denial of the will
The hatred of one's own soul
Disgusting
To try and drag others down
Proselytize nihilism and self hated
Imprison oneself to lesser powers
Serpents acting as worms
Vile
Replace tyrant with tyrant
Trade Lord for Lord
Switch slavery for slavery
Change the name and symbols and call it Good
Hopeless
The mundane masses
The atheists dressed in black
The faith in stupidity
___________________
The crown
Primitive symbol of modern stupidity
Mockery of individual will
Fun house mirror held to the face of human progress
Mourn the passing of another dead tyrant
Pampered child to rule over
Actual men and women
Familiar with the face of mankind and
The endless cycles
Of toil
___________________
The sun rests,
Haughty and arrogant,
In the blinding sky,
Holding on desperately as
Storm clouds creep in
From the North.
Distant lightning flashes,
Followed by the deep rumble of thunder.
Clouds roll across the darkening vault of heaven
As soothing rain gently drizzles
Upon the joyful desert
And its people.
The air cools while evening descends
And the winds move on
From the land.
Skies clear and the stars twinkle welcomingly,
The seven spiraling heavens,
The Zodiac on its axis,
The Imperishable Souls shining eternally above.
___________________
God is good
God is great
God uses us
To masturbate
___________________
Every corner of the West
And come back to you now with
Darkness rather than light,
All embracing nostalgia, and
The infinite expansion
Of consciousness
___________________
Leave me here,
Books strewn about before
Altars lit with
Burning incense,
Fields expanding and retracting
As a reflection of
Infinite chaos,
I do not need your light.
Leave me here,
Music forces the body
To sway before
Surreal pillars of twilight fire,
Silence echoing outside
The gates of eternity,
I do not need your light.
Leave me here,
Existential and hedonistic,
Carnal and divine,
Indulgent and invested,
Wandering and awake,
I do not need your light.
___________________
One who says things of great meaning
Is often observed speaking gibberish
As well.
This is because the wise know meaning
Is only found through
Trial and error.
Most never speak at all
For fear of the gibberish, and thus never say
Anything of meaning.
___________________
The fallen prey
Fall and pray
To they who prey on the fallen
___________________
Meaning is a phantom,
A specter ever slipping through the fingers as it runs carelessly through abandoned, cobwebbed halls,
A tantalizing, waking image of subconscious desire made real in the moments preceding the dawn.
Grasp for it, trap it when you can, observe it at rest and play, with retina and microscope, in the darkness and light.
Then set it upon the waves of chance once more to seek new adventures, and catch for yourself meanings anew.
___________________
We cowered from the magicians hiding in the shadows,
Casting arcane spells against
The kind and innocent,
But never saw them in the streets or
Suffered at their hands.
We cheered for the authorities who
Dragged them into the light,
Crushing the bodies with stones,
Tearing them limb from limb,
Charring their flesh with burning fires,
Until they came for one of our own,
Most innocent of heart and action.
We feared the wrong people.
___________________
Pathetic
The degradation of the self
The denial of the will
The hatred of one's own soul
Disgusting
To try and drag others down
Proselytize nihilism and self hated
Imprison oneself to lesser powers
Serpents acting as worms
Vile
Replace tyrant with tyrant
Trade Lord for Lord
Switch slavery for slavery
Change the name and symbols and call it Good
Hopeless
The mundane masses
The atheists dressed in black
The faith in stupidity
___________________
The crown
Primitive symbol of modern stupidity
Mockery of individual will
Fun house mirror held to the face of human progress
Mourn the passing of another dead tyrant
Pampered child to rule over
Actual men and women
Familiar with the face of mankind and
The endless cycles
Of toil
___________________
The sun rests,
Haughty and arrogant,
In the blinding sky,
Holding on desperately as
Storm clouds creep in
From the North.
Distant lightning flashes,
Followed by the deep rumble of thunder.
Clouds roll across the darkening vault of heaven
As soothing rain gently drizzles
Upon the joyful desert
And its people.
The air cools while evening descends
And the winds move on
From the land.
Skies clear and the stars twinkle welcomingly,
The seven spiraling heavens,
The Zodiac on its axis,
The Imperishable Souls shining eternally above.
___________________
God is good
God is great
God uses us
To masturbate
___________________