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Farewell

I’ve been empowered to inform you that never again Will I allow you to light the flame of rage or ridicule within The walls of my very being. Never more will you pierce the core Of who I am and anything I’m seeing. You are hereby vaporized before my eyes Into the nothingness of forgetfulness Which is less than having ever Lived and breathed at all. You are smaller than the memory of Earth’s first turning like a blue-green ball. Leave me now, you of such baseless insignificance And return to the pitiful depths Of your own self-centered, concentric view of who You think you are and have always chosen to be: A god among men, legend above legends Living far beyond the realm of reality. I see you now for what you really are…smoke Rising into the night sky Disappearing toward the stars… Whose molecules and atoms are so minutely scattered That collecting them would take infinite light years To discover how little you mattered. My only prayer for you is pity Which is all I have left to give. Farewell, your myth having been dispelled to the gates of hell (If such a place exists for those few,) Whose life was wasted on ignoring, degrading and attempting to destroy The unquenchable and indistinguishable Beauty, love and unbounded good graces of humanity, Like you.

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Date: 9/13/2014 8:34:00 AM
Farewell to the doorkeeper of Hell. Brave attempt.Good poetry indeed. Hug Terrell.
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Date: 9/13/2014 3:31:00 PM
Rajat, Thank you for reading and commenting. This poem literally came to me in a dream last evening so I hesitate taking full credit because I'm not convinced that dreams are completely of our own making. Might they also be influenced by some as yet undiscovered, imperceptible external factors as well? Neurologists say its all chemical but I disagree. There's more to life than meets the mind. Thanks again. Terry

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