《Unknown Modes of Being》 Unknown Modes of Being Unknown Modes Of Being by Sam M. Phillips A formidable demon, Only hinted at before, Reaching out to from somewhere, Somewhere deep in my nature, It is the Devil¡¯s own force Of this I am vividly aware, And it is telling me: The secret of life Consists in sharing The madness of God. I rouse a particular exultation in myself, A swirling, cosmic eroticism, Whenever I confront the inanimate, For, here too, lies life, and love, and God, Not just in flesh and bones, But in dirt, stones, the wind and sky. I achieve direct contact, Pass beyond my own personality And enter into all things, Carried along and powered By the psychic ether. Unknown modes of being, If you come across this story on Amazon, it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it.A dim and undetermined sense, A call to darkness, To void and oblivion, In the abyss are no familiar shapes, Only a bleak desolation, A sparkling blackness, Here, resides my soul, Now found, But indefinable. Huge and mighty forms Move slowly through my mind, Trouble my dreams, They collect my doubts in bundles And wait for me to wake. I look and wait, Wonder late into the evening, An instant sense of disbelief, Not taken seriously Until the evidence gathers, Coincidences beyond all denial. Catch a train, Watch through stained windows, Regard the provinces of the Devil, His absurd landscapes Play on my mind Like demented fairytales, They tell a story, It is woe. Atmosphere of insanity, A diabolic pact, God¡¯s partition, Closing the world off From the next with a word, I am afraid, An enormous influence Looms over me, Outweighing all imagined faults. A poor spirited creature, An exchange, Accept the persecution, The universal scapegoat, He is just misunderstood. Thousands of years pass, A giant eyelid blinks, Confession of sin Not required, Roles reversed with a rival, Shall we play again?