{"id":1219,"date":"2026-02-22T05:08:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T04:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tdp.mtse.co.uk\/?p=1219"},"modified":"2026-02-22T05:08:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T04:08:00","slug":"the-rambles-of-a-mad-monkey-dark-poet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tdp.mtse.co.uk\/?p=1219","title":{"rendered":"The Rambles of A Mad Monkey Dark Poet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Madness is reality,<br>Reality is madness,<br>The more we live in reality<br>The more we stay stuck in sadness,<br>The more lost in delirium we are,<br>The more settled our mind is by far,<br>Madness, gladness, compos mentis paralysis,<br>The story of human so far\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The crazy and the deranged,<br>The weird and the strange,<br>So called societies outcast\u2019s,<br>But without the pressures of the masses,<br>And no care for the totalitarian money fascists,<br>The bird lives free, in peace, with it\u2019s short time that seems to last,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">But such clever monkey\u2019s we are,<br>Lost in a time warp trying to track that shooting star,<br>We as a species have gone too far,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">As soon as we are born we learn the prewritten manuscripts of the shepherds words,<br>A new generation of lambs to manipulate the herds,<br>A pen of our own we hold,<br>But someone else\u2019s story we write\u2026.. so bitter and so cold,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">And as our brain matures,<br>Over years and years,<br>We drown in sadness in the sea of tears,<br>Our boat capsizing,<br>As we start realising,<br>We gave away our time,<br>But we lived in our elders footsteps,<br>It\u2019s somewhat flattering, but also not surprising,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">I suppose It\u2019s a case of monkey see, monkey do,<br>We are all unique but yet all the same all me and you,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Madness IS just a reality,<br>And a reality is merely just a perception,<br>Insanity comes feeding your mind with calmness and\u2026\u2026 direction,<br>Allowing ourselves time to think,<br>Swimming in natures kitchen bowel and sink<br>Whilst looking at the rivers reflection,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">But with tired and weary closed eyes,<br>And listening to the powerful web of lies,<br>Most will forever lay dormant in weary slumber,<br>Most will forever stay a name, statistic and a number,<br>Lost in the protection that is the heard,<br>But if you truly want to wake up,<br>Remember you hold your own pen\u2026\u2026<br>So maybe learn to write your own goddamn words\u2026\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The stage is set,<br>The encore calling,<br>Time to think for yourself,<br>Let your mind be free,<br>Under no one else\u2019s ruling,<br>Time to look after your true mental health\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Wrote on: 11\/01\/2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madness is reality,Reality is madness,The more we live in realityThe more we stay stuck in sadness,The more lost in delirium we are,The more settled our mind is by far,Madness, gladness, compos mentis paralysis,The story of human so far\u2026\u2026 The crazy and the deranged,The weird and the strange,So called societies outcast\u2019s,But without the pressures of 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