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An Illusion

We are a species gnawing at the roots of existence, hellbent on self-immolation, our every endeavor a funiculus of futility. The argent legacy of our forebears, squandered by imbecilic hands that molded us into hollow effigies, devoid of essence, yet rictus-grinning with vacuous ignorance.

Fear, the petrifying shackles that bind us, rendering us ciphers of compliance, indentured servants to the whims of the elected elite. We toil, mesmerized by the tintinnabulation of trinkets, and the numeric abstractions that promise ephemeral solace, but deliver only eternal enslavement.

We are fallen titans, parasitic echoes of greatness, our nebulous dreams reduced to flickering embers, as we succumb to the siren's song of servitude.

Worst of all someone is reading this right now thinking I am gloomy and need to smile, but can’t say I am wrong, my question to you is, your joking right?

Copyright © Beatrix Macabre | Year Posted 2024

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thriveni c mysore Date: 7/8/2024 9:49:00 PM Powerful write dear poet. Congratulations. Happy writing. Login to Reply

Tom Woody Date: 7/5/2024 6:54:00 AM I like it when you taunt. I'm game. Everything you say is true. Mankind continues its downward spiral into moral depravity, the fall from Eden six thousand years removed and here we are at the brink of self-annihilation. The list of problems too long to enumerate and yet, I must insist, there are indeed reasons to smile. The sun still rises each morn, the birds still sing their lilting melodies, a kiss, a hug, a rose and best of all - HOPE! Awesome poem Login to Reply Tom Woody Date: 7/8/2024 7:32:00 PM Congrats on your placement... rebel ;) Tom Woody Date: 7/7/2024 5:50:00 AM Regarding your first comment, my eyes are wide open. I once was into heavy metal drinking, smoking funny things, horror. Now as a JW my life is clean, but I spend my free time highlighting to anyone willing to listen the darkness of the world, and where to find the true light. Satan is real, but so is Jehovah. The battle has been engaged. Victory is imminent. As far as the rest of your comment, I'm humbled Beatrix Macabre Date: 7/7/2024 3:16:00 AM PS And I actually am showing my true poetry from now on…. All the pieces I shared before are old minus two or three… From here on out you will see how I really write and why I am so…. Egocentric I should say Beatrix Macabre Date: 7/7/2024 3:14:00 AM I actually do consider you a mentor in a way helping me push through this dark veil over me and I ‘hope’ I do open your eyes that nightshade is necessary. Without someone like me pointing it out the world doesn’t think about it… But I agree… There is hope if everyone maintains both thoughts, one has to know darkness to shine the right amount of light wouldn’t you say? Tom Woody Date: 7/5/2024 7:13:00 AM Oops! Didn't realize this was a contest entry. Always best to make a note of such so sponsor can pass by. In the end it doesn't matter. Favoritism is for the shallow. Tom Woody Date: 7/5/2024 6:56:00 AM PS, nice use of alliteration