You Beast!
You Beast!
You vile, rotten, polluted Beast.
How do you get away with it?
How can you still be there?
And operating with contempt for all that is decent?
How can it be?
Your words are violence.
Your soul extinct.
Your mind poisoned beyond belief.
What has life done to you,
that you can shit on the very existence of all around you?
You hold Creation in contempt.
What does it say of a world that allows it to happen?
What does it say of those that should hold you to account?
What does it say of me, who watches and does nothing?
Our silence is your applause, your cheering crowd, your ovation.
God, I am found wanting.
Comments
fromagreenhill | July 6, 2011 - 05:11
Yeah, I met him too.
Great poem though!
Parson Thru | July 6, 2011 - 07:53
:) thanks. I think I might have been a bit angry when I spat that out.
Highhat | July 6, 2011 - 15:37
Yeah you sound very very angry-
just a small typo- should be 'those who' not ' those that' personal pronoun etc I'm pretty certain about that I think- ;)
the unfolding head | July 6, 2011 - 15:46
"What does it say of me, who watches and does nothing?
Our silence is your applause, your cheering crowd, your ovation."
boy does that resonate!
Parson Thru | July 6, 2011 - 19:45
Thanks highhat. I didn't know that. As a disciple of apostrophe positioning and good usage, I should take your comment on board. Cheers ;-) Nothing like writing and a couple of JD's on the rock's for easing the anger. ;-))
Parson Thru | July 6, 2011 - 19:47
Check.
richardw | December 27, 2011 - 14:15
I thought "God, I am found wanting" was a great ambiguity. Is this intended? Just depends who the beast is I suppose! The previous line also closes out a great poem.
Parson Thru | December 27, 2011 - 19:21
Hi Richard. I never thought about that. Doesn't mean it isn't there though. I suppose the whole thing could be self-recrimination. Wasn't intended that way initially, but it's whatever it means to the reader. Thanks for your generous comment.