A PHANTASM OF LIGHT {An Original Poetry}

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(I)

See, within a spasmic perception
lies a dingy deception
a Sweet mirage of luminous presence,
living in the consciousness like daydreams
there's a fluorescence we see,
cooked by the heart to survive the stormy darkness.

(II)

There's a puppeteer living in the visual cortex
Making men victim of mental blindness,
they behold hope in the pixels of their retina.
failing to see the quagmire and the landmines.
dying in the daze of their sunset imagined
When the rain is actually flooding their terrain.

(III)

There's a phantasm, a phantasmagoria of light
stimulated by the urge to see angels
Where devils and demon does thread
Men, living in medieval conundrum, unable to aspire
they're nimittas hibernating in darkened dimensions.
but by fated faith, they're resurrected in visions.
an imagery, cooked inside the thoughts

(IV)

The world is a lie envisaged in beauty
when creepy and nocturnal beast lurks within
they see freedom where there lives undimmed slavery.
Claiming cherubs of righteousness,
yet they are conscious of the blackness
stimulated by trickery
they are victim of misconceptions, seeing light where there seems non

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DSOUND POETRY THEME: P H O S P H E N E

This is my entry to @jamesgetsit and @scuzzy's contest

Poetry Slam Contest [Week #13] | Week #12 Winners + Week #13 Theme: P H O S P H E N E | Spoken Word Challenge (DSound Community Initiative)

Written, spoken & edited

By @Josediccus

31/5/2018

Image from pixabay