A Gathering of Fools

-A Gathering of Fools- by Keaton Foster



Gather around fools
Because there are plenty
Of smarter truths.

Things that you don't know
Because you have never
Been adequately shown.

Once you see them
You will never again
Be able to claim such ignorance.

You will be changed
In ways undefinable to the minds
Of those that hold you close.

They will struggle to understand
As you see with absolute clarity
All that can be and should have been.

Such heretics with your broken fingers
There is something that you must understand
Something that will open wide your eyes.

Consequently, you are unable to point
So you will have no power to cast doubt
Superfluous you have become.

I need you less and less
And you need yourself
Far less than that.

This narcissist, turned teacher
Trained liar and realty stealer will not
Betray the enslavement of such ways.

Come closer
Fear nothing of yourself
And the absurd nature of who you are.

You are infinitely less harmless
To everyone but what hides
Behind the folds of your eyes.

More poet than human being
I was put on this earth to do one thing
Such experiences can easily be yours.

I will lend them to you as a gift
A present with conditions
To be returned upon completion.

At first you will complain
Increasingly full of yourself
You will refuse to see.

But then one day
Or terribly dark night
You will see with absolute clarity.

Your world will change
You will be turned upside down
For some time, there you will remain.

The rush of blood will fill your head
Your mind will float
All that you know will become saturated.

Before you are drowned
Before you suffocate on nothing
Fear not, I will turn you back.

I will stand you straight
And then send you on your way
Back to the wilderness of your ways.

Much will change
Few will know
How could they ever.

But be assured that you
Will be more monster than being
A carnivore in a world of lambs.

They will stand no chance against
The killing nature of our kind
Mixed with truth shown to them.

No one will ever again judge
No longer will they snicker
Never again will they mutter.

Your weapons of choice
Your brutal instrument of truth
Will be words crafted by you.

I will move on, confiding in others
There are many of lessons to be taught
And plenty of minds, eager and willing…




A Gathering of Fools
Written by Keaton Foster
Copyright © 2012

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