Become the Beast

So the question I guess is  

do I embrace the monster that is me?  

Give into greed and thievery  

give into the curse words and the slamming of hands  

on endless tables  

while the blood beats beats  

behind the temple  

that is the Temple  

that is me?  

Give into lunacy and chase the moon?  

Howl like a beast a beast that lost its reason  

from eating bad meat  

and the blood beat beat beats  

like a drum that calls the ceremony  

that raises a red old moon?  

 

Should I stay still and calm  

and cast out all the parts of me that are wrong  

that don’t fit the bill to be an upstanding citizen  

get along and be that cog  

which turns the wheel?  

 

The question is should I be me  

or should I give in  

 

become the beast? 

Reviews

[John the Baptist]

Sounds as though the speaker has done some rigorous self examination but not with an open mind. Certain religions sanction self condemnation, but in fact it only makes things worse. Only when we accept the less attractive parts of ourselves as they are can we manage them. Flogging the beast only makes him more determined to break out of his cage.

[JR]

Self examination for sure... I was shooting for the tension between morality and keeping emotions in check as opposed to letting it all out and raging... like a monster... thanks for the review!