Eternity

Absurd reality

Looks like it’s burning down,

From the crazy mind it’s trickling down,

You feel the heat right on your face, in disgrace, you’re swept away,

All the way... just all night and day -

And it makes you wonder, they said it’s a daisy world

Like the snake inside, cold and curled.

Till it comes out, till it lashes down and under - 

And then it thunders, ‘cause you made a blunder,

You can’t ask how…the question is why.

And then it thunders, ‘cause you made a blunder,

The earth is parched, and so is the sky -  

And when it thunders, you know you made a blunder,

The breaking glass and bloodshot eyes -

When they move inside.

Our deepest fear comes alive.

It’s very strange, this mind-numbing change, and you take a shot at the rain…

And it simply rolls again…and again.

It’s time to run and hide, when you feel like drowning in the tide,

Let’s just drag it a while, let’s just feel it slide, this dark, gleaming blade.

And then it thunders, you made a blunder,

You know it well, and aren’t you chained?

When it thunders, you feel the blunder,

It screams at you, it scratches you, and it kills your brain,

And when it thunders, you see your blunder,

You see it burn and it makes you insane,

You know it thunders, ‘cause you made a blunder,

Still life rolls away - 

You live but you don’t see a way,

You take it up where you left it off,

Only to pick up the ashes, through the gnashes, where the dead snake lay -

And then you see what’s right, you hold on with all your might - 

So when it thunders, you know you made a blunder.

Reviews

[John Alexander McFadyen]

There is an aspect of word association in this piece and the repitition gives it a sense of urgency. Another to get the little grey cells going!

[Siddhartha Chatterjee]

That's very useful. Would love to know more about word associations and their implications.