Tuesday, 18 December 2018

Dark (Inspired by the "Season of Light....")



Who
Among
The many..

Would
Offer
Their 
Truth..

Of a
Pain 
So complete
That
Waking moments
Are 
Absorbed
In 
The lust
For 
A pre-meditated
Means
To accelerate
The end

Every detail
Every nuance 
Savoured
And 
Caressed
As the
Lover
That promises
Lasting
Analgesia 

He
Is
Judge 
Jury & Executioner

She
Is
Abyssmal 
Malaise
Bullet, Gun & Assassin

They 
Wear 
A mask
That offers
Comfort
To 
Those looking on
Despite
It offering
Them 
Nothing of
The kind

They
Are stunned
&
Profoundly
Disappointed
By
The inane
Exchanges
On the pursed lips
of
Passers by
Knowing
It
Has never
Mattered
and 
It most 
Certainly
Will 
Never 
Matter
To them
Again

Imagine
A contempt
So 
All encompassing
Prevailing
Belief

To 
Utter
A word
Conjures
Terror
Of
Inevitable 
Repulsion

Contribution
to 
Humanity
Considered
Obliterate
The 
Gene pool

No 
Longer
An
Unmerited tax
Upon
Collective
Airspace

Bone & sinew
Offered
To the clay

Do 
You know
Such a 
Pain
Surrounds
You?

Would you..

Could you..

Listen?

Not
Fix
Judge
Shame
Diminish
Project
Compare

Could 
You 
Take time
From your
"Busy"

TO LISTEN?

Or will
You 
Continue
To 
Rush headlong
Through 
Cross-walks
Intersections
With 
More regard
For your
Agenda
Than 
To 
Human Life

Afraid
That to
Stop
&
Listen

Will
Allow 
Your 
Own pain
(only a half-step)
Behind you
To 
Over-take
You!

Is
Your
Denial
&
Disassociation
More
Associated
With
Resolution
or 
Exacerbation?

Will 
You 
Reconsider
Before
Your
Indifference
Knocks
On 
Your door?

R.  O'Neill (December 18, 2018)



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