I Am The Ultimate Reality (1994)

by Ed or Ian Henderson   Jun 28, 2006


You can't tell where I come from.
I drag you closer day by day.
Pushing gently, creeping down the spine.
I never rest; I have no day.
I can see Me in your eyes.
You've had enough by now.
Come the next time,
Will you know the "when and how"?

You can touch me, smell, me hear, taste me.
Hold me, take me, sense me.
Finally: you are me.
There is nothing left for you to see.
There is no justice: there's just me.

Where the first life evolved: there was I.
When the last living thing sinks into eternity.
There also I will be.

They call me cruel; curse my name.
For King and fool I come to claim.
Iam all that is real: all this and more.
In this world, the next, after, before.
No need to fear me, that's left behind.
Your eyes do not see, you have passed beyond blind.
"That's the spirit!" is so often remarked.
With me as your usher, the journey embarks.
A journey to where? What do you believe?
Belief is the key to all things conceived.
The state of your mind is the state of your soul.
Your Heaven. Your Hell. Create your own goal.

There is nothing left that you can't see.
There is no justice.
There's just me.

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For those of you that are wondering what on Earth I was on when I wrote this... I was on Terry Pratchett's book "Reaper Man". This was penned as a terrible rap/metal hybrid for a short-lived band, but it made me smile and reflect on a happy time in a horrible period of my life.

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  • 16 years ago

    by sleepybear

    Wow thats deep man! .......ha ha.

    I loved the depth and the dark feel to this. I instantly thought of the grim reaper as I read it so I was quite impressed to see that was what actually inspired you. ....I don't often get these things right, I'm hopless at literature. ;-)
    Sleepy x

  • 18 years ago

    by aaron c s

    That was a great song/poem! at first i wasnt sure cuase it didnt flow too nicely but then the trasnition from 2nd to 3rd stanza was great and the stanza from 3rd to the 4th was perfect. i would love to see the beat for this song. this is the second poem i've commented and im going to come back and coment the rest later today but i need to go to work now. thank u so much for the coments.

  • 18 years ago

    by NothingGoldCanStay

    Lovely poem Ed Henderson. 5/5

    XxXN-G-C-SXxX

  • 18 years ago

    by C

    Boi dat wus a gd poem 5/5
    idk y u onlii gotz 2 votez =\
    anyhoo im out
    Peace

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