Poetry by ZeN - "Facing A Foul Reality"

United States
January 27, 2008 9:22pm CST
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * - The Segregation of Song and Poetry - - The Realization of Failure - - Candor From A Creators Heart - * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * "Facing A Foul Reality" I stripped my dream naked And I found only a hollowness of hope Visions only of self deception An artist at the end of his rope And in this self reflection I found a sadness worse than pain To hold dreams of futility Art by failure Stained So I decree an end of creation The constant striving for the air Because in every attempt of lyricism I reap nothing but despair - ZeN
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@Dasidasi (35)
• China
29 Jan 08
See mountain no longer the mountain Water no longger the water Fantasies shattered certainty dissolved Follow the stream detached A grin appears after the cruel hand of reality