He felt lost , lonely, tired
Life was not what he dreamed of
Past told a broken story
Dreams were wrong
Present hurtful
A man stops believing in the gods that failed him
A man forgets the gods who forgot him
NO MORE RITUALS!
(… without been remembered, the old gods die …)
A man walks the godless streets of failed illusions
A man falls, drinks, forgets, and sometimes cries
One day, a man stops … A new belief comes to mind
He chose the name
he wrote the password
uploaded a portrait, a past, a post
An alter ego reflecting a self
creating himself
inventing a shell
–out of words, hopes, vanity
Online he is always happy
but happiness is depressive when no one likes a post
Online there is no time to feel lonely
but he trembles alone when he is offline
Offline he hits reality
a reality that his new god cannot alter
An alter ego invents a man
An offline man invents an online man
(… gods create the humans who created the gods …)
_____Adriana Citlali
I-X-MMXIV
Today at the poets pub we are writing about modern mythologies | dVerse.
ha. yeah. your persona created will only last so long…about as long as gods we create…until the crash…and then invented gods are good for little…
The Yogi way is to find a place in i of I.. yes a core of self without an EGO to understand the Ego is just personality mutable @i….
And yes.. it must be practiced in REAL LIFE TO BE REAL…
Online life can be a pre-practice field..
But REAL LIFE is only REAL LIFE..
when REAL..when ego is either authored or illusory of only end to means…
instead of only means to start….:)a now a now….
Sadly some folks have relegated their souls to only an illusory life..
online…..
i often find it in faceless avatars.. that show no soul….
or smart phone minds that never look up to scream at screen!
to once again..be FREE CONNECTING.. to life.. instead of machine!
Very interesting and powerful piece – you build a beautiful contrast here.
“A man stops believing in the gods that failed him
A man forgets the gods who forgot him”
Thanks for joining my prompt.
a search has begun and definitely it will take the struggling soul to higher life…
maybe there’s a little chance that his online and offline reality build bridges and give him a chance to escape loneliness…
That’s a possibility. I can also understand it as a coping mechanism, part of a transition…