Poetic Justice

(from "the Mad Poet" 2009

Poetic Justice
O, sweet sin and selfish holiness
corrupting effortless
In life’s contradicting everlasting bliss.
edifying justifying
O, what is sin, but not selfish holiness?
Sin unjustified, Moral Virtue just denied

Chronology is entropy,
Suicide is justified, Holiness unqualified
and one more poet satisfied
The Lamb of God I sacrifice,
My King, I stabbed him twice!
I try to justify but it does not satisfy
Then Christ I must deny!
For entropy to be Moral Virtue
And suicide will be qualified
O, what then must I say?
My words do condemn me,
I tell you, it is entropy!
I contradict myself, my words, they fell
at Calvary.

A poet is denied, then…
my sacrifice is qualified.
Selfish holiness becomes my everlasting
bliss �" It’s that sweet sweet sin that I miss.
A poet denying a POET
Alas, He has identity.
I am justified!
Now I run the sinner’s race
Only when I am justified by faith
Although my words fell at Calvary
It is now the sinners that’s condemning me!
‘Born to live, but live to die
Try and love, and love and die’
To Moral Virtue sinners cry;

To resurrect selfish holiness,
Contradicting everlasting bliss
I am not yet justified, I am trying effortless
[to resurrect selfish holiness]
My King is justified, now I will be the crucified
In a place called paradise, Eternity, where men
are condemned to maturity
where love is found in selfishness and sacrifice
Moral Virtue killed me twice!
[where the Lamb of God rolls the dice
I am condemned to eternity (paradise)];
Let sin be sin
corrupting effortless
Let God be God
to perfect Holiness (paradise)
in this world of sacrifice
yes, I committed suicide!
I am justified!
I admit, I rolled the dice;
My God, I did it twice!
Some call it blasphemy,
I call it honesty!
O, sweet sin and selfish holiness

corrupting effortless
In life’s contradicting everlasting bliss.
Now defying justifying
O, what is sin, if not selfish holiness.

Reviews

[Sami Khalil]

Food for thought. You are philosophical. We need to rethink a lot of things in life. New definitions of traditions and actions. Excellent, sir...:::)))

[Swati Nayak]

Your made made me think deeply ,and the experience after reading was enlightening .

[Vria P Crow]

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

"Selfish holiness" was often repeated for effect. I thought of this as self-righteous for the Creator has been always portrayed with hubris; a tragic flaw of pride. Greek mythology and Christian doctrine have entered my mind. Philosophy has been your style which I personally enjoy. Complexity and simplicity should be delivered in poetry and prose. I have noticed that you feel more comfortable in the realm of chaos and complexity especially with prose. In contrast, you have managed to find simplicity in your poetry; you give limitations to yourself in the perimeters of stanzas.

CONTENT AND FORMAT

The speaker appeared to be struggling with mental ailments most artists experience; suicidal thoughts. "Intelligent girls are more depressed because they know the world," lyric comes to mind. Here is my tangent: Emilie Autumn is a musician that delves into the disorder of mankind which is relevant to your poem. But I digress.

Human nature constantly attempted to justify their actions. However, most have been conflicted with "Moral Virtue" and what feels good, "sin." I have had this conflict in the past, but I simplified over the years. Therefore, I believe honesty with others and ourselves is key. This stands true no matter how depraved our thoughts might be. This was what a Creator designed his children to be.

Full disclosure: I am an Agnostic so I am rather open minded on the subject of spirituality which is far different than religion.

Subjectively, the writer did not appear to be super religious. On the contrary, he or she questions his surroundings; they eat from the proverbial Tree of Knowledge.

CLOSING THOUGHTS

Overall, I am always frantic yet excited when I read challenging topics. Thank you always for sharing!

sincerely,
ria

[Neal S]

Heno I just really enjoy your work. Its chaos and calming. Light and dark. Entropy indeed! Just a knifes edge of controlled chaos. Brilliant stuff!