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The Idea

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The idea.
We fear and revere it.
A void of creativity is frowned upon,
but to embrace an idea is hazardous,
as so many artists let it completely consume them.
They accept it into their lives,
and let it plague the existence around them.
The fabric of their reality twists and alters for their new perspective,
creating a projected image that walks a fine line between fantasy and truth.
This forces people to question powers outside of their medium,
as not every aspect of this new view is controllable.
The idea of power is so dastardly popular, distorted, and misunderstood,
misinterpreted to the point where respect and fear are no longer clearly defined.
We as a people are enslaved to this idea.
In its own way, it defines us.
Other ideas are more deadly,
changing the entire way our mind operates.
We try to fight it,
but it persists.
It refuses to die,
latching on to our doubts and fear,
feeding off the uncertainty.
As a result we begin to question everyday circumstances that were previously mundane.
We are baffled,
tortured.
We feel the splinter in our minds,
but we are so incapable of defining it,
because it is not a concrete entity that we are dexterous enough to grasp.
Instead,
we personified it,
tried to follow it,
until we distorted the path so badly,
that we mutated the concept into something different entirely.
We plagued ourselves with this heinous paranoia,
and will continue to question it for all of time.
An idea is a gift,
a miracle of human thought.
When used and abused,
an idea can change the world.
The original idea for this poem (rofl) came from a conversation I had with Ryan Gee.
The concepts within the poem were found by Brittany Davis and Donnie Barker. :)
© 2011 - 2024 Mulindee
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TIffytan's avatar
This is fantastic