The Non-Works
of
Samuel Tyldsley
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A man hath naught
but that he is;
empty dreams
and silent fantasies;
prayers to a dead god
who cannot answer.
A soul betrayed
behind a masque;
a tattered play
without a script.
where the mad perform
before the lifeless.
Who exist
in but another's dreams.
This page
is beige with dark veins running through it. The impression is that of
an aged, crumpled letter. The poem is almost completely written in
the black, gothic script except the last two lines which are in the red
angular script.
The first
stanza reiterates the sentiment expressed earlier that person's ideals
are just dreams that person chooses to lend credence to. The universe
is indifferent to a person's life. Life's only meaning is one's solitary
thoughts, for that is Truth.
The second
paragraph states that not only does one create their own destiny, one then
hides it to act out a different part that one feels he should portray.
Again the universe is indifferent to this scenario.
The finish
of the poem states that even this higher ideal for which one performs is
of his own devising or worse yet, of another's devising.
The song playing
is Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" and can be found at The
Midi Jukebox.
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