A Descent Into The Subconscious (Madness/Genius?) Poem by Joshua Lewis White

A Descent Into The Subconscious (Madness/Genius?)



Where does madness become genius?
Where does genius become insanity?
What was it you said?
Reality amidst a sea of dreams?
The confusion of the genius, the simplicity of the fool?
Where are your thoughts born? Where are they raised?
When do they finally stumble from your mouth?
Confusion/Reality
Inescapable dreams
The sea of dreams into which the sailor ventures deep
Never knowing/Never returning
'Death, the unknown country, from which no traveller returns'
Madness, delusion, paranoia
Just what is normal?
Escape/Escape/Escape
A monster under the bed
A delusion, dreamt by a madman/a genius?
Where does madness become genius?
Where does genius become insanity?
The lone ranger rides endlessly into a stream of meaningless thoughts
Next in line is a man who has no features
No identity
Where did he come from? Is he real?
Nobody knows just what happened
Where/Why/Where/Why?
Jumping jack flash
Where/What/Why?
The dance of death
The skeletons ride into the night
Into the morning into the light
Cobblestones glisten under a gas lamp's light
Blood flows gently along the groove in a sword
A scream is heard from the bowels of the castle
Where?
Somewhere a madman screams
What?
Wil we ever know?
Do we ever really know anything?
Will the theories ever be proven?
Will my questions be answered?
Will humanity come to a conclusion?
Where does madness become genius?
Where does genius become insanity?
What was it you said?

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