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The Legend of Benzodiazepine
Hear now the legend of Benzodiazepine;
Dark Knight, Gate Keeper of the Void, Fallen Champion of Aegri Somnia.
Here lies at his feet the armies of Non Compos Mentis
And their commander, Chimera; cut clean from her courser,
Crying cowardly into the lioness's mane.
"Fear!" she opines to her conqueror,
"Fear hath brought me down at your gate.
Destruction of the void I believed my fate;
My devine purpose to extirpate
The power to annihilate all I hold dear.
Clear to me now my hubris;
All logic I suppress,
My mind was too curious,
Too furious to light the path clear.
I beg you now, wed me to the abyss!
I wish no more knowledge of this;
It is a toture I cannot bear."
Benzodiazepine broke his ancient silence,
"As you wish, sleep now and feel no bliss"
Dark Knight, Gate Keeper of the Void, Fallen Champion of Aegri Somnia.
Here lies at his feet the armies of Non Compos Mentis
And their commander, Chimera; cut clean from her courser,
Crying cowardly into the lioness's mane.
"Fear!" she opines to her conqueror,
"Fear hath brought me down at your gate.
Destruction of the void I believed my fate;
My devine purpose to extirpate
The power to annihilate all I hold dear.
Clear to me now my hubris;
All logic I suppress,
My mind was too curious,
Too furious to light the path clear.
I beg you now, wed me to the abyss!
I wish no more knowledge of this;
It is a toture I cannot bear."
Benzodiazepine broke his ancient silence,
"As you wish, sleep now and feel no bliss"
Published 30th Sep 2019
Author's Note
Darkness can swallow a lot more than you would think. I live to tell the tale.
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Anonymous
30th Sep 2019 11:04pm
I don't know why exactly but the personification of benzo's made me laugh, I know this jas a deep undertone to it but the grand posturing and ancient language added an element of absurdity and grandiose expression that is so off to most of what I read here that it was a delight despite the underlying substructures
1st Oct 2019 10:34am
Thanks Commentonly for reading and commenting. I’m very pleased this piece elicited the feeling of absurdity for you.
If I could explain my inspiration for this work; of course, I’m informed by my own experience with depression but I was also influenced by the work of Camus. I wanted to play with the tropes of Greek epics so the grandiosity was intentional but it was a tool to explore the philosophical problem of suicide
In his words, “The absurd is born of this confrontation between the human need (to find meaning) and the unreasonable silence of the world.”
If I could explain my inspiration for this work; of course, I’m informed by my own experience with depression but I was also influenced by the work of Camus. I wanted to play with the tropes of Greek epics so the grandiosity was intentional but it was a tool to explore the philosophical problem of suicide
In his words, “The absurd is born of this confrontation between the human need (to find meaning) and the unreasonable silence of the world.”
1st Oct 2019 5:20am
Such an extraordinary facility with language, my darling Blondebait, backed by a rare intelligence. Perhaps not everyone has the capacity to wield their tongue as you do.
Is it posturing?
According to whom?
I think not :))
Is it posturing?
According to whom?
I think not :))
1st Oct 2019 10:41am
