STAGEFRIGHT

Further down the spiral we go, where we stop...nobody knows

In God we lust

      On a dead end street

If it is God that you trust

      Admit mortal defeat

Death and agony

      A social revolution

God given monkey

      Birth of evolution

The blood of Christ

       Will wash away all sin

The piss of the dog

        Will make all amends

You cannot learn to love

         If your love is to hate

If you live to destroy

         You cannot create

Living your life

          In a rear view mirror

Objects closer than they appear

         Doesn't make it much clearer

Adorning your neck

          Is a man on a cross

A martyr for sinners

          And the souls of the lost

God created us equal

         Sugar free to the taste

Not unique, yet a sequel

         There is a world left to waste

A world of illusion

          Bringing about its own demise

A world of delusion

          In this chasm of lies

A world of a garden

          Bearing forbidden fruit

Like Adam and Eve

           We all follow suit

God grant me serenity

            And peace of mind

God grant me divinity

            Or make me divine

I am a discarded angel

           With wings battered and bruised

Longing to deceive you

           With tricks never used

Trapped in a world sarcastic

            Tumultuous and blind

Grandiose and fantastic

            Normal state of decline

Laughing at the way

            All the puppets unite

Prepare for the big production

            Just to die of stage fright....

 

Reviews

[justjenn_2u]

Raw honesty and your expressive words caused me as the reader = to feel in the poem.

[Mockingbird]

provocative and intense. there are so many ironies and paradoxes. should i cringe or should i smirk. such are the emotions this poem evokes. excellent job.