The Death of Illusion
Take a breath, slip away -
See if they notice that you're gone one day.
You've been looking for validation in an empty cup
From those who don't know which way is up
Or down,
Which is where we're all going.
This boat they call a luxury yacht
Is sinking and on fire,
Tethered to the words of a liar
Screaming platitudes and beatitudes
Safely on a distant shore.
But I ain't gonna work on Maggie's Farm no more,
I'm gonna save myself from this delusional blaze
As the other passengers stay lost
In an illusion haze will tell me
I'm the lost one, a loser,
That I'm missing the point of this beautiful boat.
Well, fxck you, because you're fxcking yourselves
I shout at them
As I plunge into the water, the known unknown
To be reborn into the truth of confusion,
The death of illusion,
And save myself.
About this poem
Anger and hostility expressed over political nonsense, written in 2019.
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Written on June 15, 2019
Submitted by KrissLuckett on September 20, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AABBCDEFFGHHGIJFKGLMNNO |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 777 |
Words | 150 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 23 |
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