A strange poem about a man who fights to be relevant in a world than few understand. |
-The Recent Man- by Keaton Foster He stands The recent man He plans Then contemplates Agitating his fans Those few who adore His absolute madness Making them think Out of cue and context Out of truth and logic Into the wilds of darkness He brings those who’ll come They must take each step by choice Never can they be forced He alone believes in choice Sworn to obey what they decide He will show them everything Will they ever really return It is completely up to them The journey and the destination Are never the same thing Everyone who dares What he offers understands The risk they are about to face He brings them sanity Placing it at their feet Daring them to again believe In all that he himself Believes in least of all Some do while others won’t Some can while many cannot Either way He himself cares least of all He is just doing his thing His absolute purpose In this world of chaos The recent man Has his plan Those who come close Are certainly part of it Those who stand clear Unwilling within their fear Cannot think as he does They will not see as he does They will never know more Because all that they Are willing to know Is abundantly less He has spent his life in pain He has spent each of his days In a livable form of hell His emotionless heart speaks His numb feelings remain silent He is plain and true He will never tell you a lie Because for him life Is the only real thing he knows The only real lie he understands The recent man His words are wisdom For those seeking wisdom And ignorance for those seeking Nothing of what he is offering He stands He plans Then contemplates He implements his point Making it for those Who wish to understand His heart is solid and cold His emotions are barren and numb His mind So very much alive Always thinking Always plotting what’s next For him and those like him He will never stop until death Even then his words Will live as an immortal reminder Of what he And many others Have always wished… The Recent Man Written by Keaton Foster Copyright © 2014. |