+ Madness Of His Wisdom Poem by Jordan Legaspi

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Madness of His Wisdom


Redluck: the story

I was the court’s jester
whose trick was hidden murder
I was the monastery’s poet
whose poetry was penned hate
I was the academic’s teacher
whose lesson was designed to err
I was the warlock’s apprentice
whose craft was of decadence

I was then a child
but to my mother’s breast deprived
I was then a son
but to my father rights’ forgotten
I was then a brother
but to them was a stranger
I was then a friend
but betrayed left to ruin

I was then a traveler
to search a place somewhere
I was then a wanderer
to find someone out there
I was then a dreamer
to be at ease with my maker

I was then, put to death
their laughter falls to the earth
I was then forgotten
their awe died to the air like incense
I was then a dead history
their memory of me a deceitful story
I was then vanished from all account
their all things of me, burned to ashes

Redluck: the soul

But suddenly, in my long sleep
a face from a thousand deep
appeared while calling me
in unison voice of he and she

But suddenly, in the deep shadows
where I laid my heart among the souls
a kiss from he came in veiled memory
to the hallo of chaos- my oblate’s sanctuary

But suddenly, when I was in death
a breath of she whispered to unearth
the ancient and noble lord
from whence the god’s altar was ones his world

But suddenly, I was then brought to life
the death of my birth was ones a strife
cast into anew
the birth of death to oblivion blew

Redluck: the concept

And, there and then, Me, to be born
the court-jester in his thorny crown
whose malicious tricks
brought his kingdom to broken bricks

And, there and then, Me, to be born
the monastery-poet on his bloody throne
whose lustful quill
brought his priest into a magical thrill

And, there and then, Me, to be born
the academic-teacher at his holies’ bone
whose wit
brought his followers to humorous feast

And, there and then, Me, to be born
the warlock-apprentice, son to his mother- the crone
whose story
is the, “the other theologian’s spirituality”

Redluck: the incantation

Hail she and he- the god who brings forth
the birth; the life; the death- the cycle of mother earth

Amen to they- the god’s shadow
whose dwelling is the eternal hallow

Amen to you oh god, both mother and father
whose eternal sanctuary is forever.

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Note:
The “Madness of His Wisdom” is dedicated to the author’s spiritual twin brother known as ‘Redluck’. However, the name was claimed to portray only the character of the person, not to reveal his real identity.


Davao City, Philippines,16 October 2009