The 7th Cycle

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On November the 7th
Just past 2 in the morning
I realized that I no longer existed
That I had not noticed myself
Exiting out of my own life.
Even now as this truth dawns on me
My essence fades
Like the lights in a theatre
Before the big show starts.

© Liam Elliott 2007. All Rights Reserved.

Subjectivity and Objectivity

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It is 2 a m
And I am seeing
Through these new eyes:
It has just dawned
Upon my small mind
That the world
Is subjective
Important, why?
Because it means
I am in control
This show is mine
You won’t hold me
Down any longer.
Someone embedded
Victory in my name
And I’ve been fighting
Since my birth. Since
Then I’ve crawled
Through hell and shit water
Through hate and true love
And I just came out 
From that tunnel
At the edge of
My existence
Where I saw objectivity die as I stood above
the tunnel’s mouth in the kind of expanse 
that threads the dreams of those who see 
only what is shown
And it was there
That I moved to
The subjective world
Where I make the
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© Liam Elliott 2007. All Rights Reserved.