Landstalker pt.2 (terra incognita)

I roam the earth & walk the land
And as I look around me I see a beauty that once was
Cities of despair, & despondent landscapes
Devoid of any people besides myself
Yet overflowing with feeling…..
Where could everyone have gone…
& why does the weight of their sadness remain?
The calm and solitude is unsettling
The silence is deafening & the serenity drives me mad
So my heart searches for chaos
And my body eagerly fulfills its request
So with a wave of the hand I bend the trees with ease & silence the breeze
And a tap of my foot causes shivers to quake across the land
Methodically I obliterate all that I see before me
But as I destroyed the world around me little by little…
I felt a part of me slowly fading
This world seems so fake; yet the pain is real
And suddenly I realize much too late that I had not been roaming landscapes
No I was roaming my own mind
And as I glance at the rubble that was once
The frigid sow capped mountains of my psyche
And walk among the ruins of ancient memories
I begin to understand
I inhale smoke from the ashes of unfulfilled dreams & aspirations
Lifeless passion burning in the flames of life
I whisper….”Who can understand me but myself……”
And as my tired eyes watch the black sky once more
My hands grasp the earth & a smile of pure ignorance curls across my lips
I understand how it is I can exist in two worlds
Both opposite from one another, but existing in the same place
And once again I awaken to the real world
One of physical & mental creation & desolation
And here I am left to slowly die, a changed man…innocence lost
Much like the earth I return to…….
-KnowOne
© William Crabbe 2001

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