Janus was a Gemini <br />As am I <br />Looking both ways <br />Gates and beginnings <br />Being both ways <br />Thinking and feeling <br /> <br />Lizard I <br />The real me <br />Limbic hedonist <br />Wild but feckless <br />Suppressed <br /> <br />The other me <br />Señor Grand Inquisitor <br />Construct of the intellect <br />Policeman of the psyche <br />My jailer <br /> <br />Servant of rules <br />Fearsome <br />Unscrupulous <br />Unforgiving <br />Tyrannous <br />And fearful of the outside world <br />Within the fortress <br />Peering from the high bench <br />Declaiming sophistry <br />Cool analytical dispassionate judgements <br />Rooted in fallacy <br />And specious idolatry <br />And casting them down <br />With terrible consequence <br /> <br />Oh to be a simple creature <br />Free of this dichotomy <br />Free of this stricture <br />Free to be me <br />Free to be happy<br /><br />David S Dennis<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/78-the-lizard-and-the-inquisition/
