It Happens Incrementally
Enable Your Disappearance; Don't Force It
~The Commands should pile upon the Demands.~
Step back, out of the way.
Give up your seat.
Sacrifice.
Shrink.
Cower.
Roll over.
Be their errand boy, their doorman,
their luckless girl Friday
their hapless unpaid Jeeves.
You are their shield, their sword,
their false witness.
___ Be Their Scapegoat⚡___
You are their maid, their cook, their court jester
forever their sex slave<— especially that!
Always on call,
always programmable,
perfectly malleable
Controlled, submissive,
tamed.
Speak only when spoken to.
Act exactly as required.
{ You'll be chastised otherwise! }
No advance notice given.
No hesitation allowed.
** Never make eye contact!!! **
🚫 Your free will is hereby revoked. 🚫
Keep your ass on display.
Keep your throat eager.
Know your place.
Stay in your lane.
Obey the rules.
Pay the price
and do it gleefully!
⚡_____ ⚡
You Are as you're Told.
⚡_____ ⚡
You'll be as you're Wanted to Be.
⚡_____ ⚡
Don't Tempt Fate.
Don't crave consideration.
Don't flatter yourself. Don't think your suffering has meaning.
It doesn't.
⚡_____ ⚡
Don't exhibit self-respect— that shows no self-awareness.
Hide in plain sight. Hide wherever you want. Just hide!
You belong in the shadows......
Forfeit your dreams. They're gasping their final breaths in your sub-awareness. All that remains in the ashes of your hopes are clawing reorganizing nightmares that you won't want to know as they fester, unionize, & grow.
Foster despair.
Entice misery & decay.
Expect dark associations & ugly revelations.
Welcome the Unwanted.
If it's awful, allow it.
You deserve so much worse than the worst.
⚡_____ ⚡
You're a perpetual disappointment.
You never had a clearly defined purpose.
You're always in the way.
You're an afterthought.
You're on borrowed time.
You've been found guilty of fraud.
There never was a you.
Why would there be a You when you never had a reason to be? What exactly do you think your designated role is again? ~Why are you here?~ What is your name & date of birth?
⚡⚡_______________⚡⚡
You're impossible to love.
⚡⚡_______________⚡⚡
Forget you ever existed.
Everyone else already has.
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~~~
Are you gone yet?
?
______________Bolt⚡
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Comments (21)
Yes, sub-awareness is a disaster for humanity. You put the thought so eloquently and with fierce disposition. How can you not love that? Congratulations on your win!!
HoW POWERFUL is this poem...speaking such truths...one face we show to the world, the other only the mirror sees. Well done.
I don't know how i missed this. The instructions made me disappear.. the last line worked like magic-poof gone. And the win makes you poof appear!! congrats on top story.
Wow! Congratulations on the win!!🎉🎉🎉
Wow, this is an awesome piece! You are an amazing poem. I knew you had it in you 🥰🥰🥰Congratulations!!!!🏆
Wow! The more I read, the smaller I got. Almost to the point of not being able to reach the keyboard. This felt like someone being haunted by their own negative thoughts. Great job bringing that feeling to life. And Super Congrats on your win, Bill!!! 🤩
Congratulations on your win, Bill! What a way to disappear; unfortunately, sometimes when it begins, it's hard to come back from. "Act exactly as required" resonated deeply with my much younger self and my strict upbringing. Just like this artful poem, I've since abandoned that platform and reappeared as my true self. Astounding work!!!
You captured the inner torment of a sociopath’s drudge with flinching perfection, Bill. This is a painful but necessary read, the sort of self talk that leads to self destruction and oblivion. All the more tragic for the truth of it!
Woaw, Congratulations on winning!
Wahoo what a great win. Well done my friend.
So much staccato, you can feel the punches. Nice job, and congrats on your win!
Woohoo!!! Winner!!!❤️❤️💕
Wooohooooo congratulations on your win! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
The formatting really elevates this piece. Artistry. Well done and congrats on the Challenge win!
If this line doesn’t say it all then I don’t know what would. ‘You deserve so much worse than the worst.’ In one line you managed to express despair and depression and everything that makes a person feel unwanted Congratulations on your win
Whoaa you really nailed that slow, creeping erosion of self!! I think Fate just looked over its shoulder after reading this.
Wow! That was intense and deep!!! This was like affirmations in reverse. Excellent work, Bill.
Whoa! That sure was some concentrated mass of Vocal Challenge Bill! Emotive x 10! Great writing!
The format was so intriguing! Love your art! Incredible 🩷
Phenomenal writing Sweet Bill! You aced the assignment! Powerful & uber-deep! Well done!
Gosh this was so brutal! I loved it!