Failed Quotes Savior Quotes Turns Addict
failed “savior” turns addict
s/he wants to “save” you from yourself
to feel like they have a
purpose,
as if they were put on this planet by some greater force,
something that spoke to them &
said,
“dearest subject, you need to help johnny doe!
yes, you need to help jenny doe! for they are on the
path to self-destruction”---
and yet,
the context of this destruction of the self
never changes---
the savior thinks that if they put a bandage on this
little cut,
that the whole body will feel better---
but the body of the world is getting sicker by the day &
all the cures, being unsatisfying, benign &
just plain boring,
do not suffice.
soon,
the failed “savior” sees themselves for who they really are
in the mirror one morning,
an addict like the rest of us,
seeing nothing in the reflection but a sickness
brought on by our fast-paced human progress &
increasing ignorance of health as a means of
sustaining the organism.
as the failed “savior” becomes addicted
her/his “purpose” is revealed to be a sham---
their whole world breaks down into the bare necessity
functioning components
which thrive only to get the next fix
of their chosen poison &
they take their place on the conveyor belt
being disassembled & refashioned
psychologically
by the stresses of the world
whose relentless pounding
will only cease with the coming of
the machines.
Copyright © Andrew Delapruch | Year Posted 2012
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