Meaning
By poetjude
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The poet and the scientist,
Opposing in my world
Battling for the universe,
Within the godhead curled.
Poet:
My tortured soul, does beg of you
"Please let my madness scream,
Its Parodies and blasphemies_
The nightmare of this dream
Scientist:
Silence fool, weak versifier
Addicted to your game
You swallowed pills and sought the thrills
You have yourself to blame
Poet:
I was afraid, and sought to hide
I needed some strong arm
To pull my soul, from mad control
Protect us all from harm_
As I ran across the car-park
Where the drums and cymbals rang
Devilish chimes and nursery rhymes
Mocked me, when they sang,
"Jude, THIS is hell, and YOU are dead.
Such daydreams you have had.
In quiet hush, in spirit crush
You've known that God is mad.
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This is not poetry, this is revelation.
Poet descends addicted, into the hush.
Scientist watches and spits into a test-tube.
Judith starts doubling over, looking towards a far off parapet.
Seven strangers one by one are falling from the parapet, each dying on
impact.
An eighth stranger enters the arena.
The scientist puts his strong hand over the mouth of the poet.
And shows Judith the vision of the parapet so she cannot trust.
Slowly the poet struggles free from the grasp of the scientist
The poet trusts the eighth stranger.
The eighth stranger dies by falling from an even higher parapet.
The poet breaks down and cries.
The scientist carries Judith through her life and turns her head away
from the parapet.
A ninth stranger enters the arena
The scientist hands over the broken body of the poet
And covers the eyes of Judith so she cannot see the parapet.
Despite not being gagged by the scientist, the poet is too weary to
speak
Tired of bruises and disappointment, Judith remembers what she cannot
see.
The scientist and Judith are not able to trust
So destiny is in the hands of the wounded poet who is being cared for
by the ninth stranger
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"tortured far apart
children of the secret are
alone until love"
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