Fettered by the chains of
\nUncontrolled desire:
\nWe are slaves
\nTo all
\nOf existence,
\nHeld subservient
\nTo the things of
\nLife we all
\nDesire,
\nDemand.
\nThings of life
\nFettering us
\nTo yet more
\nMorbid things
\nOf life,
\nCreating our own manacles.<\/p>\n
We are slaves –
\nToiling –
\nBonded to our own
\nMeniality;
\nDisgusted by our
\nOwn;
\nYet fettering ourselves
\nTo all
\nHeinous;
\nWallowing in our
\nOwn dissatisfaction,
\nDissatisfied.
\nWallowing saturnine.<\/p>\n
Wailing in our
\nOwn malaise;
\nCrying for freedom
\nFrom the bondage
\nOnly our Selves
\nMay release:
\nFor only our Selves
\nHave imposed.
\nMisguided but
\nGuided on a
\nWayward path,
\nBeing lead,
\nBut leading us to
\nLiberation from
\nOur own desire:
\nLiberation
\nFrom thought.<\/p>\n
From our masters
\nWe may take example:
\nOnly from our masters
\nMay we learn
\nThe freedom
\nSurrendered to
\nThis fettering thought.<\/p>\n
This wretched thought.<\/p>\n
Only from our masters,
\nFor our masters keep
\nUs obsequious;
\nOur masters show us the way.<\/p>\n
Pointing to and revealing
\nLessons needed
\nTo control freedom;
\nExposing ourselves
\nTo learning situations,
\nAt suitable conjunctions
\nOf time and space,
\nAnd condition.
\nOur masters are good
\nMasters.
\nThough they inflict
\nUs with pain,
\nThe hurt and suffering
\nAre good.
\nThe hurt and suffering
\nCan teach us.
\nThe hurt cannot hurt
\nUs,
\nNo more than a Death
\nCan free us
\nOr a God
\nCan save us.<\/p>\n
Our good masters
\nWant us to grow
\nOut of these chains,
\nFree ourselves from pain,
\nAnd take proper command
\nOf our own lives.
\nFor our command
\nIn past
\nHas not been proper.<\/p>\n
Our masters want
\nUs freed from
\nThis thought fettering,
\nImpinging
\nOn our rights as
\nEntities;
\nOur rights as
\nBeings;
\nOur intrinsic rights
\nAs units of intelligence.
\nOur rights taken away
\nBy our own masters
\nWhen in heedless
\nAbdication of
\nOur personal freedom
\nWe dived headlong
\nInto the products
\nOf our own desire:
\nThis world,
\nThis product,
\nThis life:
\nAll illusion,
\nAll fantasy;
\nThis existence.<\/p>\n
Our masters now
\nDirect us,
\nIf only we as slaves
\nWould heed
\nTheir caveats.<\/p>\n
Yes, our masters are
\nGood.
\nFor we, unknown to us,
\nAre the very masters
\nFettering ourselves,
\nThe very masters
\nTo whom
\nWe must answer.
\nThe very masters
\nThat enslaved us,
\nThe only masters
\nThat can free us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fettered by the chains of
Uncontrolled desire:
We are slaves
To all
Of existence,
Held subservient
To the things of
Life we all
Desire,
Demand.
Things of life
Fettering us
To yet more
Morbid things
Of life,
Creating our own manacles.<\/p>\n
We are slaves –
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