You know, I walked through life like a phantom…: A poem 

You know I walked through life 

like a phantom in an opera 

revolting against their validation of me 

in silent reprisal! There was always 

that salient guerilla warfarer in me; 

seemingly truant, seemingly absconding 

from their imposing measures on me!! 

You know the swamps want to amplify 

the message to me…that I have no 

recourse to anything or anyone, but 

to still myself in the wading! How(!) 

I am still footloose like a nonchalantly 

unsubmissive zebra, which can never be  

made a horse! I did not presumptively get taken 

at any river crossing! You know I envision 

the savannahs, and perceive the forests 

with their listless humbled arms spread-eagled  

in hopeless anticipation! And pray, they can embrace 

without the amputations made by humanity! 

Should I touch wood over my convictions, 

that diluted their (my enemies) attempts to 

take away all that was mine; and (they) met with my  

resistance enough! I am not intimidated, though 

sometimes gallantly inhibited; making generous  

commissions to my enemies (who are  

never shame-faced and continue their blatant  

treachery against me!) for the sake of True Love, 

who taught me patience and restraint! 

Yet, I find myself in a Forest of Whispers, 

that never falls silent, and knows no end! 

(Even if everyone likes ends and beginnings!) 

I have, in all humility, patience and sublimity, 

entertained the continuum, the continuity! 

But I swear I never fear or feel daunted that 

there is not much that I aspired for, to obtain or  

attain, regardless of my sublime travails! 

I know for sure, Dad will survive in my  

genitals and in my soul; in my heart and in 

my consciousness! So undaunted, I become a  

child from a previous lifetime, as much as 

an old, antiquated but relevant, wise person 

in this one!   

Published by montecyril

Hi, I am Monte Cyril Rodrigues and live in Melbourne, Australia. I am a retired journalist. I have been diagnosed with schizophrenia. I've had voices and visions all my life. I think it is a spiritual experience, my doctors think otherwise. I am a deeply spiritual person and keep having experiences with otherworldly realms.

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