Enigme
Internal warfare, raging continually
Confusion, questions, beliefs, and conflict bedlam in my mind
I love reason and hunger for myth
I am the educated fool, a spiritual nihilist
Longing for kinship, I hermit away in my sanctuary
The feeling conservative, the analytical liberal
I am the open-minded bigot, the enlightened misogynist
Embracing minimalism, I stockpile possessions
I believe in everything and nothing
My soul holds love for all, my heart, compassion for none
Lamenting pop-culture and the media, I daily drink the television’s sweet poison
Life as an artist with no milieu, a musician with no song, a writer who never lifts a pen
I am the hard-working sloth, the realistic dreamer, the joyful curmudgeon
Paralyzed, I am filled with energy and excitement
Taking action, I watch time pass
Loving life, I look for death
Internal warfare, raging continually
Confusion, questions, beliefs, and conflict bedlam in my mind
I love reason and hunger for myth
I am the educated fool, a spiritual nihilist
Longing for kinship, I hermit away in my sanctuary
The feeling conservative, the analytical liberal
I am the open-minded bigot, the enlightened misogynist
Embracing minimalism, I stockpile possessions
I believe in everything and nothing
My soul holds love for all, my heart, compassion for none
Lamenting pop-culture and the media, I daily drink the television’s sweet poison
Life as an artist with no milieu, a musician with no song, a writer who never lifts a pen
I am the hard-working sloth, the realistic dreamer, the joyful curmudgeon
Paralyzed, I am filled with energy and excitement
Taking action, I watch time pass
Loving life, I look for death

2 comments:
Hmmm...interesting poem. Is it really enough to just want to embrace something like minimalism? Does just finding nihilism to be a comforting thought when frustrated really qualify as being a nihilist? All of the opposites you list require some form of action, and without that action it seems that you are just envious...or maybe that was the point?
good insight. I don't know the answers to the questions you posed. Action is definitely needed.......
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