Think Therefore » Poems http://www.thinktherefore.co.uk Muse, contemplate or ponder. Often best served with a drink. All I know is the world's a wonder… therefore I think. Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:00:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Delusion http://www.thinktherefore.co.uk/posts/2009/04/30/delusion/ http://www.thinktherefore.co.uk/posts/2009/04/30/delusion/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:31:31 +0000 Jim http://192.168.1.2:9080/wordpress/?p=48 Voices echo inside my head
Struggling to follow the thread
Listening to the reverb and resonance
Words lost without their context or circumstance

A rising din from human lips
My eyes are closed, attention dips
Conflicting ideas fighting to top the scale
Mind and body are open, exposed and frail

Sights and sounds from when I was free
Memory of a memory
Nothing but four blank walls have I ever known
The voices have no form. I am on my own

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Some attempt to continue undisturbed
With each note the distractions gain
Beginning to hold on for each refrain

Images appear through closed eyes
Sounds escorted by a visual prize
Dancing shapes soothing the senses
A crescendo as the body tenses

The world outside begins to fade
Thoughts trapped in the story being portrayed
Bodies sway and accept defeat
Hopelessly subservient to the beat

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Obsessing, awake, disrupted
People moving past unacceptably
Rupturing, annoyed, corrupted

The comfort of familiarity
Relaxing, sedate, productive
A window through which to observe and see
Inspiring, driven, reflective

A room filled with favourable faces
Supporting, at ease, accepted
Walls decked with portals to far-off places
Daydreaming, happy, contented

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Social weekends, often exhausting
Enforced breaks, appear daunting

Quiet evenings, can be restful
Meeting with friends, drinks plentiful
Pretentious pubs, frequently dull

Family call, lengthy questions
A home cooked meal, same conversations
After dinner, lost intentions

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Tears well up but you never cry
Moments of joy held out of time

A fear creeps into your eye
Did you ever say that goodbye
Regret without reason or rhyme

Smiles from a previous high
Words shared under a cloudy sky
Precious gems found amongst the grime

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Displayed like an open book
A tale that should never end
Goodbye my dear old friend

The story began so well
But then the hero fell
The battle is not yet lost
But how dear was the cost

Others continue the fight
But I see the end in sight
Only one of us passed
Yet all lights are fading fast

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If threatened do you fade to nothing at all
Excess pressures cause collapse
Are you able to keep it all under wraps

Looking back you feel regret
Wishing it wasn’t over yet
Hoping for another chance
Or perhaps just that one last dance

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When you stumble you just laugh
If threatened you step in on others’ behalf
Excess pressures challenge you
You are full of serenity and virtue

Looking back you feel delight
Wishing for it to remain bright
Hoping that nothing changes
Or looking for more exchanges

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Not quite hating
Watching others stumble
Trying to be humble

Pressure, atmosphere
Trying to hear
Whispers getting louder
One starting to flounder

Compromise, peace
Conflict will cease
Lines drawn but never crossed
Settled by a riposte

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Inside it starts to ache
The blissful shadow fades away
And so begins another day

Many worlds are intertwined
Slowly becoming undefined
Edges blur, colours pale
A sorry end to any tale

No longer soaring nor climbing
Not acting, not miming
The curtains are being drawn
The epilogue of the dawn

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Their lives pass to and fro
Above moves a spectre
I am lord, protector

Demons, I keep at bay
Other ghouls stay away
The cattle sustain me
But never take I glee

Now there is another
My enemy not my brother
We share the same sire
But differ in desire

He visited at night
None could muster a fight
Late I witnessed this curse
Cattle forced to disperse

I had to confront him
His face weathered and grim
A behemoth in size
Under a Vampyre’s guise

A mirror he could be
Lived I across the sea
But peace did I demand
When I came to this land

The fight endured an age
Consumed by our own rage
At length I wore him down
Reclaimed my fallen crown

Echoes all around
No subjects have I found
Their fear drove them away
I must return my prey

Neighbouring towns I searched
On spires I watched and perched
One by one they return
For their homes do they yearn

The cattle graze below
Their lives pass to and fro
Above moves a spectre
I am lord, protector

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