spheres…

 

/\/ walk of life /\/

 

an invisible wall

imprisons me.

spheres protect

humanity.

 

to feel as if on display in a case,

a raging china bull doll feature of disgrace.

“that monster!” will describe in a while,

yet deep inside, the mind is just a frightened child.

too scared to scream for fear of losing his soul –

and otherwise he’s rarely even noticed at all.

a freezing cold envelops as if to shield from the pain

uncaring eyes are poor disguise and wall close in to strain

 

visible quarantine,

infectious me.

spheres project

humanity.

 

/\/ objection /\/

 

shattered vision.

never at all.

contradiction

leads down to fall.

 

structure vision.

dream through all walls.

in deception

blood flows and falls.

 

            down to null.

 

/\/ recurse /\/

 

who could come to the wall.  a resting place.

all repel from the wall.  too-sacred space?

who could tell that the wall is crushing away,

out of control and smaller and tighter it stray?…

 

forget tomorrow.  i can’t even laugh today.

drowned in sorrow’s formless tears i play.

forgot tomorrow.  hardly remember yesterday.

breathing sorrow’s twisted fears.  decay.  away.  ashes stray.

 

invisible walls restricted me.

spheres protect humanity.  from me.

 

/\/ eternal return to sender… /\/

 

what protects me from myself?

my self

that worlds have twisted around

my neck

broken under stress.  last caress.

no memory replacement.  null.  void.  destiny ends so null, void…

 

/\/ epilogue /\/

 

there remains a light buried amongst the rubble.  walls crush.

still alive, the one lies wounded, in his bubble.  walls touch.

there remains a fight to rise again.  reclamation.  walls end.

 

what price does one have to pay.  in decay.  to be complete?

 

-8/5/98

 

to the asylum