“Black Oblivion”

by

The mind swirls with a delirium

Like a bowl of stirred ice water.

And the austere, primal instinct to kill

Is vetted hundreds of times a second.

 

I oft conspire with

A gloomy misery against the self.

This cavity I call a heart

Is the benefactor of a crooked misfeasor.

 

There is but black, and only black

To the colour of my thirst.

So I will invoke the Id once more

And prowl about, citing truth in pain.

 

 

There is no reason to question

The prejudice of flowing blood.

God’s creations are made in his image.

And his imagination seems all too obdurate.

 

People in this world prove in excess

That the book’s cover is worth gold,

And that suffering is a trivial dogma

When weighed against the possibility of hedonism.

 

Again, black thirst.

Again, black oblivion.

Awaiting another callous glance, these words lay

Bare before your flawless perception.

 

Thank you.