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Deducing dread and semblance

Eyes wide with throbbing mind

Life sustains in immeasurable ways

A single cognizance I contain

Sovereign to ascertain veracity of being

Unattainable knowledge haunting

Scramble for remnants of hope

In the midst of the whole of all

I feel I see everything

Though surely I do not

Attack on emotion and sense

I feel I see nothing

A ball and chain in the deepest waters

Some rise with trust in dogma

Not I, for its transparency

What means have I to endure?

The darkness of philosophy

Cannot reject the soundness

Science uncovers vastness

I am but organic compound

Manic struggle engulfing

I crave connection, relation

But what of death imminent?

All of abstract dissolves

I feel I see everything

Though surely I do not

Attack on emotion and sense

I feel I see nothing

The whole drives me to hate

To disrespect and manipulate

Cloud my mind to forget

Death will bring complacency