Insane Creations

The game commends the shadow of gloom
As it hangs above our quickening doom
Pass the pill that empties our sight
Receive the cure, repeating this life

Our dreams unchained, forgotten too fast
Awake to run, asleep to restart
Define this world, we beg of our screens
To spill the word, as the truth goes unseen

Spread the gold, as money is real
To work and pray for all we can’t feel
The hanging man caressing his noose
His tie in hand; his money his muse

Mechanically the shadow now breeds
Within our hearts, spilling disease
Now those we love can’t stand to touch
The loneliness that has become our crutch

This game hand-made by fear and betrayal
Gone on so long, that it now seems too real
But a world so dark tempts reason to rise
There is a light telling us we’re alive

It’s just a game, none of it truth
Without dead will, the machine can not move
It’s only real as our conscious sedates
It’s only pain, it’s only us and what we create
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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Brown Avatar
July 21, 2009 at 4:22 AM
Ian, exceptional writing as usual. I truly enjoyed reading your poem this morning.Love, Carol
Al-Riyami Avatar
June 24, 2009 at 3:33 AM
Pass the pill that empties our sight Receive the cure, repeating this life -->Perfect Line =)
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