Controlled madness and unconditional insanity: A poem 

Decadence of spirit is falling to the convenience of  

matter. And you may discover that what you learnt in 

those old tunics of past lifetimes, can never be reprobated! 

And you may begin to conclude that conventional  

education was an anomaly to garnering astute wisdom! 

I pondered my youth over many books, called wise; and  

very wisely written; but I have surmised that pure wisdom comes from 

understanding nature of every kind, and more, revelation(!); 

when you begin to discern between the immaterial ambrosia appearing in 

holographs, and the real treacle propositioned to you! So do I think I am  

the custodian of seven graces and seven humours, and more?  

Lest I be overconfident (!), I must say, that the child may know  

the extent of his naked innocence; but does the wise old person feel 

confounded by the measures/ layers of his wisdom? I chance to think that 

a spirit is never decadent or degenerate when one keeps rebuking evil! 

But is circumstance as much a murderer of righteousness as the 

evil that creates it to subjugate your spirit/ soul? Who did Job question? 

Is there a deplorable, deprecated stalemate in acceptance and resignation? 

Who did the victims of Kalinga question? Does a remorseful villainous King 

deserve the glory of the annals? How do we question the all-seeing eye 

at the top of the pyramid? Does he have a mighty twinkle or a conscientious tear?  

Can we, the participants in the grand opera, only divulge an insolent mockery and never  

a hearty laughter? If I have so much grace and humour, must it only arrive  

out of necessity? Who is the invisible hobgoblin/ maverick of mishaps? 

Perhaps, we don’t see the rainbow without a face that seems to 

pledge that: There is always time for controlled madness, 

but never a moment for unconditional insanity!!! 

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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