In praise of tearing apart

[Jeos]

This one was(?)-is(?) now and then definitly "I" !

IN PRAISE OF TEARING APART

This age is not a time of happiness.
Though mortally wounded , the beast
refuses to perish. Desire and possession intensified
I live between dark and dense forms
allergic to light. Permanently dissatisfied
I get lost in things - enough is never enough.
To gloom’s half-light
I prefer the midday sun
the promises of darkness
the demonic speed of the ephemeral.
Friends are few, corners keep coming
and all this at once
frightens and attracts me…

From north, south, east and west the paths diverge
that keep me from my secret center.
These paths are ghosts of the past.
Labyrinths. Settlings of accounts always deferred,
what I was and cannot fail to be
white nights and dark days,
each world's smallest instant...
I try to forget.
I try to forget and get close to the center
but memory betrays me:
- I continue to ignore who, or what, is
in the mirror…

[Delta40]

Sounds rather dark, like some inner battle Jeos, especially with the allusion to who is in the mirror. Almost like self-loathing. Shivers up the spine to this one!

[Jerrybaldy]

Its the labyrinth you mentioned. As a tip I would say to make it more accessible, no need to be obvious, dont need the full set of keys, just kick the door ajar enough to get a glimpse.
BW
JB

[Jeos]

JERRY, DElta,

Enjoyed y/comments !
"Shivers up the spine "Ah ah ah Delta that's funny! glad you said it because I was also looking for that effect! ... and besides our great Fernando Pessoa who wrote under the inflluência of 4 heteronyms, one day someone asked him"how do you do to feel/manage all that ...?! He replied, "To feel?! That is for the reader!"
On the other hand... is there any genuine self-research without dealing with darkness?There is a strange beauty there...no darkness > no life; i get bored when I look too long to Botticellis angels...
This is also about developing the ability to go through hell without burning yourself...

" For those who see trough darkness
no explanation is necessary"

[SarahDrago]

I especially like this line,
"I live between dark and dense forms
allergic to light."

[Jeos]

Sarah,

Of course anyone with a minimum of culture knows about him but not necessarily about his work ... that's my case I have to admit it; so after consulting Wikipedia I can only say:
- Thank you for having mentioned Kerouac in my thread. I'm kind of honored.And
I am going to read his poems...and yours too.

[Bar22do]

Dark, heavy, dense... I hope it's "definitely You" only at times! but what a brave search for one's own essence!

[Jeos]

Dark, heavy, dense... I hope it's "definitely You" only at times! but what a brave search for one's own essence!

Incarnation or reincarnation? The guy in question (but can also be a woman ...!) still haunts me from time to time ... but I know I'll just end up winning - sublimation is almost over.

Some verses are fiction, others not ?