Absolution

“All is absurd and simultaneously predictable…”

Sketch by Douglas Balmain.

The more that’s known,
the more experienced,
the more unveiled,
the more intolerable.

Freedom is foreign,
unknown,
unexperienced —
existing in concept only.

No free perspective,
no angle of reprieve,
from the broader implications
of our existences —
of existence.

Unignorable.
Unreconcilable.

The mind knows no quiet
the being, no peace —
nor will it come,
not as muscles react,
lungs fill,
and consciousness persists.

Disruption.
Distortion.

Exploration by exploitation.

Domination.
Dominion.

Immediate action,
immediate reaction,
immediate reward:
stimuli.