April 24, 2005
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giving…into weakness…
I am
merely…just a man…
ordinary…stoked to passion
tempted by fruits
of fond belief…self made in escapist yearnings
for a woman
of dreams
A soul
lost in this makeover
truths…undone by faith…misplaced
in a painted godess…
by my measure…driven to and seated on altars
pedstals I build
to a spirt divine
My brain lusts
while the mind ‘weaves’ in desire
fabricating a mirage of poetic ornament and worship
an ode to forever
in quest of distanced dreams and far horizons
bridged…in hope…for ‘love’
and false promise
Playing games
that underwrites an act
of asks…couched in morality…and disarming mortality
acceptable tokens of exchange
‘skirting issues’ in godless custom…sugar coating bitter wants
in civil veneer and fig leaves
so dammed…
Be these emotes
‘nicely’…framed in restrained words
that seep through chinks in our fortress walls
raised in defensive salute
of sordid basics…a seething turmoil…contained
limited to hungry cries
reeling…from denial
An animal drunk…
as an ’I’ stumbles
tired and drained…as realities contemplate…shrivel its all
sagging stands…
held like flags at half-mast…drooped in defeat
in ’propped’ respect
salutations…for a king…
In demise now
lions…no more in control
a cat in prime command…now toothless in his tribe
limp in spirit…giving in…to ‘weakness’
in the inevitable plunder of body…fresh ‘meat’
to feed on..as always
in ‘our’ jungles…within……
