clawing at 'reality'
I strain
object
fight
slice fetid air
with mind's
willing blades
poised to sense
slay
threat
yet all the while
computations gather
holding conference
council within
weighing
measuring
attempting recognition
so labelling begins
imagining potent blows
yet standing back
storm's curt reminder
and all I survey and rate
mocks
informs
this is largely
of my own making
with meaning assigned
spawned of generations of
programmed thinking
fed by muddied bias
perceptions skewed
tortured to fit
fear's *******
power's price
with illusion's
dragon slain
I face
the truth
this state within
maelstrom
of angst
I
alone
create
Mar 10, 2017
Mar 10, 2017 at 12:27 AM UTC
clawing at 'reality'
I strain
object
fight
slice fetid air
with mind's
willing blades
poised to sense
slay
threat
yet all the while
computations gather
holding conference
council within
weighing
measuring
attempting recognition
so labelling begins
imagining potent blows
yet standing back
storm's curt reminder
and all I survey and rate
mocks
informs
this is largely
of my own making
with meaning assigned
spawned of generations of
programmed thinking
fed by muddied bias
perceptions skewed
tortured to fit
fear's *******
power's price
with illusion's
dragon slain
I face
the truth
this state within
maelstrom
of angst
I
alone
create
inspired by NB's astute observations on my last poem...
