TO STIR THE SPIRIT DARKLY
now every cycle
brings an end
and every motion
triggers pain
and every action
twists this web
of vile demand
into a shroud
how can one escape
these binding fibers?
how can one untie
the crushing bands
that seal one's life
into that world,
that falser world
that would destroy?
what path brings disengagement
from the agreements of a race
too blind, too stupid,
too much asleep
to ever see the truth?
what path leads free
from the mundane state
and back into the light?
we are so lost
we have fallen
so far into
debasing zones
we have been cast
into pits of torment
down from communion
with the gods
only darkness
seems to offer
some form of solace,
some mode of care,
only rage and hate
and violence
yet stir the spirit
beyond this grey
- Brendan Tripp
04/11/2002
Copyright © 2002 by Brendan Tripp