Beyond Persistence In Silence Poem by John Sensele

Asleep while awake
Walking among the living
Trying hard to break
The monotony and gluttony misgiving

Lends to the sultry atmosphere
Saturated with dope
As departed souls in the troposphere
Perambulate on cumulus clouds grope

For eternity in serenity
Ensconced in minds so busy
They vie for dignity
In a world so clumsy

Life stifles freedom
In a straitjacket on a one way ticket
To the cranky kingdom filled with boredom
Where the dime in my pocket

Screams to break free
To roll on the floor
Kept clean in a glee
That knocks on the door

With no handle
Which turns anticlockwise
To heal the vandal
Whose blunder bundles surprise

The Devil in the den
Which conquers the strong
Whose stamina in Eden
Writhes in pain when the grim gong

Knells for the last time
Pleading for life to release
The last dimes that mime
Please, please, please, please

‘Let me go for good
Cos I can no longer stand
Flavours, odours and rigours in the mood and food
Devoured in grandstands that won't understand

Reasons for life
Reasons for existence
Reasons for a freedom fife
Reasons for a silly circumstance

Beyond my milky way
Beyond my persistence and insistence
Beyond my last say and delay
Beyond my perseverance in silence.'