Ego pumps out plots and Schemes and judgments at a Prolifically astonishing rate Polluting the purity of my mind, Destroying the tranquility of my soul, Throwing my life askew. Each convincing lie Sprouts a new parasitic tentacle Stretching without end To choke out buds of connection and Extract all hope from my breath, While…
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I must open the window, if just a crack. The artifice of this room – the mechanical hum of the refrigerator, the intruding glare of the light bulbs, the manufactured separation – suffocates me. I am ensconced in a straight jacket, ten feet square. An instinctive wisdom greater than myself insists I belong on the…
Silence, unbearable, is overthrown, A flaccid tyrant no longer Granted reign to oppress. – Power explodes, Forcibly shredding the gag. An unstoppable flood of soul sound Gives voice to deep turmoil, while Cauterizing a fleshy exit. – I do not want them to stop, these words, But the gift of their release comes in A…