Gothic Euphoria
Lingering in the euphoria of rupture.
Gothic Euphoria
Chapter I: On Madness & Mercy
Madness is rarely sudden. It creeps, settles, accumulates, through repetition, through quiet acceptance.
Mercy, too, moves quietly. Often mistaken for forgiveness, she is something else entirely. The act of staying present long enough to see. A companion in the dark, walking you toward rupture, toward change, toward transformation.
This chapter lingers there, where madness and mercy begin to circle each other.
I. Delusion
Memories of chaos,
veil and distort.
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Fragments of Delusion
II. Protest
Madness swells,
mercy remains, camouflaged.
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Fragments of Protest
III. Haunted Hopeful
Hope, like dust,
everywhere, in light and shadow.
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Fragments of Haunted Hopeful
IV. Suspended Freedom
Pulled by strings, tight and taut,
dancing to the beat of Azadi.
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Fragments of Suspended Freedom
V. Crownrot
There he sat, gilded,
petulant, lustful, unkind.
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VI. Human Custody
In our palm,
the measure of us.
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VII. Broken Dreams
Strung out on false despair,
mourning collapsed illusions.
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Fragments of Broken Dreams
VIII. Sacred Madness
Madness whispers,
luring through worship.
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Fragments of Sacred Madness