Sensations in Decline
meanwhile at a cellular level
Part I
i made my body
as numb as my mind
ensuring that absolutely nothing
would or will be felt
i made my mind
as empty as my soul
paradoxically, this is true
but it’s an anomalous void nonetheless
i made my soul
as i made my way in life
based upon blind faith in a hypothetical
wish fulfilment process
i made everything numb
so i wouldn’t have to feel
i turned everything off
so didn’t have to deal
Part II
i could smell the clean
as the many machines wound down
this is a detachment and an enrichment
of everything and nothing simultaneously
with a complicated simplicity
i shut down and discarded
all ties of empathic decency
and then i let the walls come down
Part III
i made everything numb
i made everything grey
i sucked every single colour
from the here, the now; today
i can’t feel my arms
i can’t feel my legs
no sorrow
no joy
my grasp is purely rudimentary
i reach to touch but not to feel
i bear the lack, the loss of lustre
the epitome of negated zeal
i can’t feel my brain
so i can’t feel the pain
no dark
no light
Part IV
this hack
…this time
this slack
…is fine
this lack
…is mine;
sensations
…
in decline
About the Creator
Brenton F
It's just a token of my extreme - Frank Zappa
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Comments (12)
Well done.
Excellent. Really well done.
Congrats on Top Story!
Congrats on your top story Brenton! ☺️🥳
‘I reach to touch but not to feel’ Loved that line! Congrats, Brenton!
Congrats on top story!! Well-deserved! 💓🥳🎉🥳🎉💓
Absolutely love this. Very enthralling! Congrats on Top Story!
Great work! I liked Part IV the best. Congratulations on TS👏🥳
Congratulations on another thought provoking journey to top story
Don't we all...at times.
Part 3 was my favourite!! 😁👍 Always gets under the skin. Hope you are travelling well B!
Fabulously surreal!!!❤️❤️💕