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Maniac

A presence

presenting

a continuous torment

torturing

incessantly

until, even with cessation

only a tenuous self

is present

leaving only the resin

 

The maniacal

manifestation

is an infestation

festering around in my head

Its existence,

a creation

created at inception,

hacking my brain

Forever a trap

creating a

maniac

 

Acrimonious

to all mankind

Not acting

like a man

Not one word

that's kind

Committing crimes

and getting oneself

committed

A deviation

creating a deviant

Shifted values

due to a devalued

self

 

An esoteric

essence

seemingly sentenced

on this journey

by judge and jury,

not by one's peers

because the many

not able

to peer

into this individuality

The duplicity

of duality

that is my reality

 

Challenging myself

to a dual

One in which

I both

win and lose

But in the end

not breaking even

or coming out ahead

Always ending

further back

instead

 

Its back breaking

and always aching

Pain from which

not capable of

faking

Effort I’m taking

Of myself making

Time for a new king

For kinsmanship

is aloof

And this man’s ship

has sailed away

Sipping a port

at a shipping port

And yet

slipping away

 

Deeper still

In the depth

of still water

Sinking

into the abyss

Lost and gone

But not missed

Is this the end

of our fable?

Or will our “hero”

enable himself

and in the end

be able

Deciding who to be?

Cain or Abel?

For the hurricane

is hurrying along

Its aim always the same

Constant pain

A payment he feels

for the displaced

placement

which just in case

is placed

same place

he went

 

Ink in the face

A disgrace

When suddenly

encased in his brain

are racing thoughts

of a plan

he’s ace’n

 

A label of insanity

given by those

who claim sanity

when the reality

is their thoughts are free

and optimize

a sanitized

and homogenized

batter

And in the end

it doesn’t matter

 

Offering suggestions

in which they

feel threatened

Pathways congested

and protested

Testing them

Even worse,

bested

A problem beset

upon them

Time to steady

the flock

Roll n’ Rock

Inoculations we’re getting

Start the injections

 

“It’s been an honor”

Mounting my Lipizzaner

A disarmer

A charmer

The armor

‘mi amor’

Leaving me

wanting more

But as they keep score

the task is daunting

A life that’s haunting

with such splendid decor

-

Yet, can’t take any more

Their taunting

is leaving me sore

So to the atmosphere

I open that door

and flying up above

I soar

 

Forever more

Feel pain no more...

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Written by
micrography-mike-d
48 / M / Massachusetts
Published
Aug 21, 2018
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Written: August 17, 2018

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