Distracted by wandering eyes, so
Deeply set in penetrating judgmental flare
How does one become invisible, in
A sea of an-Other’s perception?
Protected by steel, the heart’s enclosed
And has not stolen the love in which
Dear Maximus might bring down his mighty sword for
Taking back the primary seat of his literal right.
Intensions of the innocent (internally) resonate, and
Spill from the (internal) lips, to
Offer a (silent) plea of empathy, for
Here he is friend and not foe, like the
Great Maximus sees as being so, so, so…Evil.
But open thine eyes, their Maximum width,
To observe the interests of literal left,
Where roosts the real reveler of ambulatorious* action,
Although secretive by way of her own reasoning,
Completely unknown to dear Maximus
And Me…his faultless enemy.
So what is the Great to do to the
Idler that dare take his literal left?
His anger is hidden by a pretence that
All is well…but anger never hides true
For any half-wit, such as myself, can plainly see
That Maximus, with his sword at the ready, wants to kill me.
-Chucho-
*Latin spelling of ambulatory (missing the accents over ‘a.2’ and ‘o.1’)
I actually recorded me reading the poem out loud for those of you who are better with seeing and hearing the poem as it was written...
3 comments:
Just to get the Greek reference out of the way (because it has nothing (really) to do with the poem...it's just a distraction, which is a major hint for you guys, which might come back to bite me cause this is supposed to be difficult for you!)...Tyrius Maximus (Cassius Maximus of Tyrius) was a Greek philosopher during the 2nd century and was a precursor to Neoplatonism, which is the idea that "envisages the human soul rising above the imperfect material world through virtue and contemplation toward knowledge of the transcendent One" (a reference would go here).
Why is this important? Because he was interested in free will of man (including women-let's not go there please, it's not like it was a minute ago that he was writing this stuff for god's sake), which happens to be a Theme in this poem, and also the influence of the free will of others as it would affect [me]...essentially.
"No one is a slave whose will is free"-Tyrius Maxumis
If you didn't get it before, this has NOTHING to do with the answer to the poem...I just needed a freakin' allusion to throw off the person I was actually writing about.
Ok, no more hints...I'll give the actual explanation next Tuesday based on how many of you become interested in my little "mindfuck"...if you will.
The poems is really good although I can't follow it, but I think the theme is about loathing someone?? Maybe?
The loathing in this poem comes from presumptuous means...it's the cause of this (assumed) hatred that is the mystery. Thank you for actually reading it (first of all) but to find out where the poem stemmed from, you REALLY need to pay attention to certain words for hints (i.e. 'literal left/right', 'seat', 'ambulatory' etc..). Also, it would be good to know how many people are featured in the poem because even though the primary two subjects are obvious, the third is the most important, however only really alluded to in reference...
Now how does the poem read?
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