now does our world descend

now does our world descend 
the path to nothingness 
(cruel now cancels kind; 
friends turn to enemies) 
therefore lament,my dream 
and don a doer's doom

create is now contrive; 
imagined,merely know 
(freedom:what makes a slave) 
therefore,my life,lie down 
and more by most endure 
all that you never were

hide,poor dishonoured mind 
who thought yourself so wise; 
and much could understand 
concerning no and yes: 
if they've become the same 
it's time you unbecame

where climbing was and bright 
is darkness and to fall 
(now wrong's the only right 
since brave are cowards all) 
therefore despair,my heart
and die into the dirt

but from this endless end 
of briefer each our bliss--
where seeing eyes go blind 
(where lips forget to kiss) 
where everything's nothing 
--arise,my soul;and sing

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Poet: e.e. cummings (e.e. cummings Art)
Poem: now does our world descend...
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