Madness X

By TheBardOfBlasphemy

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There is an urgent and growing desire within me to show you how I really feel.
Does this make you uncomfortable?
Perhaps I am being presumptuous calling you by your name.
I don’t know what else to call you.
You’re just going to have to get used to it.
As I was saying, the desire is urgent and it is growing.
It has been for some time.
Twenty-four years, I suppose I could say, but that is also being presumptuous.
It should suffice for me to tell you this desire has been growing for as long as I have.
It has been outgrowing me for most of my life.
If I could draw, I would bind this beast to canvas.
It would dwarf the most hideous vision.
If I could write, I would shackle this leviathan with bonds of impervious black ink.
The blasphemous script would shame the Books of Darkness into light.
But I can do neither of these things to a satisfactory level of skill.
Instead I must simply hold up a flickering candle, and a shard of silver.
To give more than a faint reflection of the seething other
is to ascend beyond the peak of my ability.

I hate you all.
I hate the way you drape fibres over your bodies and see them as more than rags.
I hate the way you bathe in poison and paint corruption on your skin.
I hate the way you fashion a thousand answers to one question and act on none.
I hate your ignorance.
I hate your blindness.
I hate the way you flock together, bleating at the thunder.
I hate the way you can’t see that you do this.
I hate the fact that most of you will never read this.
I hate the way you pollute our playground and call it progress.
I hate your fascination with the false prophets of the new millennium.
Most of all, I hate you, because you smile while reading this, and marvel at life’s gifts.
I hate you, but please don’t hate me for saying so.

I speak these words looking into my shard of silver.






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Copyright 2005 The Bard of Blasphemy
Published on Wednesday, September 14, 2005.     Filed under: "Reflective" and "Poetry"
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  • AHHH On Wednesday, December 28, 2005, AHHH (187)By person wrote:

    whoa. this was great. so great i dont know what to say really...but um, i'll try to hook you and satan up. you'd be good friends. i can tell...ha. no. i wouldnt do that to you. imakenosensebye.

  • A former member wrote: there are so many stand-out lines in this that it would be useless to try and name just a handful. this was an all around amazing write, and i respect the 2nd alf of this more than i can tell you. thank you for writing this. ....-samone

  • AniDayz On Sunday, September 18, 2005, AniDayz (820)By person wrote:

    youve packed so much into this punch---kudos to you and your voice. this kicksass.

  • Gideon Lost On Thursday, September 15, 2005, Gideon Lost (138)By person wrote:

    Bard, this is a great write. "If I could draw, I would bind this beast to canvas. It would dwarf the most hideous vision. " This is greatness. You are so powerfully succinct here. Very Nice. -Gideon

  • Possesion On Wednesday, September 14, 2005, Possesion (137)By person wrote:

    I was attached to this while reading it, my eyes leeches and the blood of your text as i dug into it with simple satisfaction.

  • Possesion On Wednesday, September 14, 2005, Possesion (137)By person wrote:

    I felt rather hated, and i admit i was liking it.

  • serotonin lost On Wednesday, September 14, 2005, serotonin lost (145)By person wrote:

    i'm not sure i got the point of this so i would like you to explain it better but, i was in awe of the anger and frustration in this. bravo,

  • TheBardOfBlasphemy On Wednesday, September 14, 2005, TheBardOfBlasphemy (358)By person wrote:

    ...may i just reiterate this final point, that the person i am ultimately criticising is myself (and the rest of you, damn us all)

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