Facets


Sometimes
I just want to scream at the world
        let civility fall away
        to destroy what is breakable
        just to destroy;
to let the delicious taste of other's shock
        the glory of the release of strength
        the total submission to wondrous dark
        escape, in one, encompassing blast...

Sometimes
simple knowledge isn't enough
        one's own
        knowledge of Truth
        does not always compensate
        for the infuriatingly blind stupidity of others,
        their sheer ignorance an insult to my sanity.
But ignorance is precious
        ignorance is trust
        an ethereal thing
        the last, hidden, trump
and it's impossible to return the cat to the bag
        once the strings are cut,
        for trust is a rather breakable thing.
So I will play the fool
        if, for only a little while longer...

Sometimes
the sanity of others
        must be sacrificed for their own safety,
        must be sacrificed for my own sanity
by their little frustrations
        minor torments
        the untold truths of not-quite-lies
        the manipulation of assumption
        and hints of secrets never told,
I'll satisfy myself
        with only hints
though I'd really rather just tell someone all,
        if only...
oh well then; just hints...

Sometimes
I wonder if I'm wearing a mask
        but then I know the mask is truth
I sometimes wonder if my face is true
        but then I know it for a mask.
The endless sides of a faceted stone
        each one-dimensional side as true as the rest
        but each showing a different cast of the light.
A single facet is not the truth
        as a single letter is not a true word
        as a single color does not make white, or dark.

Sum of the parts,
        parts of the whole,
        the whole as seen through a single, tiny crack.
Will they run screaming when they see more of the truth?
        Assuming that this evil, new face
        is the only truth there is?
That would prove amusing,
        they shall possibly try to destroy me,
        heart and soul;
        if so, I shall return the favor,
        then hate myself till the end of days
Will they grow complacent
        when yet they see still another side?
        Assuming that this new, cute face
        is the only truth there is?
That would again prove amusing,
        to have love finally returned;
        but always, certain
        acts
        words
        Deeds
        will keep them...somewhat unbalanced
        and guessing.
But that is my nature,
        Deal with it.


Author's Notes

Well this actually started out as something else, but about halfway through I realized that it sounded something like our purple-haired Mazoku might do or say. So I finished this with that intent...only to realize that it still fit my original subject. Scary.

The original subject you ask?

^_^

Sore wa himitsu desu! giggles at the irony


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