Ignis Fatuus
The only solitude is sleep or death
We were not clever enough
Kind to others and cruel to self
When self ask for mercy and was denied
The holiest privacy remains waiting on us
And all that was misunderstood or abandoned
Will come together
Let my failure be your fortune
This that was broken in careless error
Let it be known that to know your own death is to die twice
Once really
And then hardly at all
Let it be known that there is nothing as ugly in all its tangents
As the human beast
A trick set against the blood of your soul
Let it be known that solitude is the only mercy
And the only lover
Let it be known that a man need not be Christ to be crucified
Let it be known that a man can be crucified each day
Each moment
Each breath
To sleep and awake and be tormented again
Let it be known that a man can die and die and die and die and still feel the pain
And know he his dead and still feel the pain
And know there is nothing he can do and still feel the pain
Let it be known
Let it be known that the temples are nothing
And the bells are nothing
And fame is nothing
And victory is nothing
And sex is nothing
And that solitude brings madness
And the crowd brings madness
And drinks and eats the body like a tiger
That there is no voice to speak with, no ear to hear
Let it be known that there will be other men such as I
Lifted from the lion's mouth
Burned down by false loves
Tricked by kindness
Misled by intellect
Dizzied by posey
Sacrificed for profit
Used as cheap labor
And these will be the kindest of happenings compared to what will enter the eye and ear and the brain
and seep to the innards to begin their death-work
I pity all such brothers of mine who will follow me in the centuries
Unable to love because there is nothing to love
Unable to kill because there is nothing alive
Forever hanging and bleeding and dizzied by the beast-human
The walls, the gardens, the sun, the flowers, the kisses, the flags, the seas, the animals, the food, the liquors, the paintings, the symphonies
All uselessness
The only solitude is sleep or death
We were not clever enough
Kind to others and cruel to self
When self ask for mercy and was denied
The holiest privacy remains waiting on us
And all that was misunderstood or abandoned
Will come together
Let my failure be your fortune
This that was broken in careless error
Let it be known that to know your own death is to die twice
Once really
And then hardly at all
Let it be known that there is nothing as ugly in all its tangents
As the human beast
A trick set against the blood of your soul
Let it be known that solitude is the only mercy
And the only lover
Let it be known that a man need not be Christ to be crucified
Let it be known that a man can be crucified each day
Each moment
Each breath
To sleep and awake and be tormented again
Let it be known that a man can die and die and die and die and still feel the pain
And know he his dead and still feel the pain
And know there is nothing he can do and still feel the pain
Let it be known
Let it be known that the temples are nothing
And the bells are nothing
And fame is nothing
And victory is nothing
And sex is nothing
And that solitude brings madness
And the crowd brings madness
And drinks and eats the body like a tiger
That there is no voice to speak with, no ear to hear
Let it be known that there will be other men such as I
Lifted from the lion's mouth
Burned down by false loves
Tricked by kindness
Misled by intellect
Dizzied by posey
Sacrificed for profit
Used as cheap labor
And these will be the kindest of happenings compared to what will enter the eye and ear and the brain
and seep to the innards to begin their death-work
I pity all such brothers of mine who will follow me in the centuries
Unable to love because there is nothing to love
Unable to kill because there is nothing alive
Forever hanging and bleeding and dizzied by the beast-human
The walls, the gardens, the sun, the flowers, the kisses, the flags, the seas, the animals, the food, the liquors, the paintings, the symphonies
All uselessness
Comments (0)
The minimum comment length is 50 characters.
Information
Users of Guests are not allowed to comment this publication.
There are no comments yet. You can be the first!