**I must have composed this two whole years ago. This is quite old to me. Anyway, at the time, I was quite intrigued by the Rorschach test. Still am. I hope this causes some shivers for you.
Keep in mind. It is free verse, and choppy for a reason. As always, comment on any help with grammar.
Inkblot
Swirls of whites and blacks,
each puddle wringing dry a poor soul,
sucking away the stability of a weak mind.
Fires of doom burn behind the eyes
of the mad.
Salvation is thrust upon the poor and unfortunate
deemed deranged.
The puddles morph,
each into their own terror.
Dogs rip apart their owner,
guns shoot dead their creator
The world runs red with its own greed.
Manipulated,
is fear and chaos,
thrown upon the strange and odd
mutants within weak minds
Insanity is forced upon men
and children alike.
Chaos and turmoil,
trapped within millions of minds,
souls,
and hearts.
Swirls of white and black,
each puddle wringing dry a poor soul,
sucking away the stability of a weak mind.
Nightmares gush like ocean's behind the eyes
of the deranged.
Judgment is passed onto the twisted and perverted
deemed mad
They morph,
each into candy coated horrors long passed.
Men crumble with grief,
despair takes hold of heroes
and the globe withers in terror
Each blot,
forces itself into the subconscious
and tears away the last shreds of humanity,
Trapped in one heart,
one soul,
one mind,
one man.
It's amazing the power of the mind, and ink blots show proof to that. What one man may appear to see a shower of rain, another may see a rain of blood. The Rorshach test shows how everyone's mind works differently...
ReplyDeleteI'm amazed to see someone capture that in a poem.
However, there are also those that see good of the ink blots, and those you don't mention.
But, this seems to be your style, and there's nothing wrong with that...
Awesome, in the true, stupifying meaning of the word Awesome.
I was very disappointed with this; after reading your short stories (especially The Chair), I was expecting a more literary inkblot. An inkblot in words. A poem to test the mind of the reader, as an inkblot would. Letting those who read it be able to reach vastly varied and wild conclusions.
ReplyDeleteThat being said, I enjoyed the twisted macabre of your swirling imagery as much as the next guy.