Venom

Recrudescence is the habitat we’ve built for ourselves Whether we were conscious or not The threshold is finally surpassed Heading to the resurrection of remote plagues Slowly sinking into hazardous waters We were intoxicated by our very will To pursue a fragment of happiness We crafted the poison that is dooming an entire biosphere Cause and effect diverge Casting uncertainty on every effort Since every action blurs the scope We face the heterogony of ends Digging too deep into the ground Toying with what wasn’t meant to be found Sparking forces that will wear us down Creating objects that exceed our cognitive bounds We can’t reform and we can’t amend This implacable greed Combined with ruthless intellect We’ve come too late to hinder the process And too early to surrender to its pace Our predicament seems hopeless But we’re too stubborn to be swept away This plastic prison we’ve carefully put in place As a ruse too subtle to avoid Boundless pitfall to which we are all prey Designed by fiends with prosthetic fates Cause and effect diverge Casting uncertainty on every effort Since every action blurs the scope We face the heterogony of ends Digging too deep into the ground Toying with what wasn’t meant to be found Sparking forces that will wear us down Creating objects that exceed our cognitive bounds We can’t reform and we can’t amend This implacable greed Combined with ruthless intellect Venom drips from our open veins All our means are now set to fail Our predicament seems hopeless But we’re too stubborn to be swept away Venom drips from our open veins All our means are now set to fail

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 21, 2026