Madness
Madness
The once dormant beast awakens.
It rears its visage proudly
And my head is immediately embroiled in agony.
Like a seething volcano, hungry and eager,
It sees the green light – all systems go –
And explodes in a kaleidoscope of madness,
Devouring the landscape of my brain.
The pain courses down in great rivers
And my body is turned into a vessel of torture.
My soul screams as the unbearable heat
Consumes the living tissue
And sets my nerve points on fire
While, inexplicably, the ice in my heart hardens
And the cold pervades my entire existence.
The black hole eclipses –
- the stars blink out one by one
And darkness lays its tattered shroud upon me.
I have become a dual entity.
I feel the bars of my claustrophobic cage
My paranoia knows no bounds
I shiver as cold fingers dance on my spine.
A whirlwind of hatred takes possession
As I slam my head against the wall
And my shaking hands try to tear through
The jeering mirror that appears before me.
The malignant rust spreads and overpowers
And the spiral staircase is clogged and twisted.
The crystal dome lies shattered on the floor –
My skull is being squeezed in a vice.
Evil winds buffet my body like a doll
And I am a puppet jerking to and fro
To the insane melody of the lunatic piper.
The megalomaniac has been totally erased.
In his place now lies a cowering idiot
Who raves and rants without knowing the reason why.
The tightrope snaps and the deluge begins.
The king is transformed into the jester
And the day has turned into unholy night.
The vortex of horror opens its pearly gates
And the sorcerer cuts the thread of humanity.
Laughter echoes in the center of the universe
As the sweeper dusts the floor
And removes the cobwebs from my mind.
The Reaper is here to wash away my sins.
Pools of blood reflect the burning fires
Where suffer the foolish mortals, who unknowingly
Sold their souls for ectoplasmic pleasure.
Now, they writhe as their pulsating bodies are conquered.
Everything is clearer now.
The beast is on its feet and ready.
The venomous parasite clings
And lavishly partakes in the banquet in my brain.
Darkness rests easy and the door is eternally closed.
Broken shafts of intense synergic waves
Flood through the vacuum that has been created
For the phantoms of the nether world.
The silence is total and deafening.
The serpent slithers through my veins
And my body and mind and soul and forever purged.
The embryo is reborn in the shadow womb
Of the harbinger of madness.
The unconceived child of a million myriad forms
Is thrust upon this unsuspecting earth.
Laughter again – and the doppelganger smiles …
Shall the endless nightmare begin?