Thou Shalt not Bear False Witness
Sigmund Freud: “There is nothing instinctual in us which responds to a belief in death.” Freud also says, “This may even be the secret of heroism.”
Our hearts refuse to nod to death. No, more
Than that, they fail to hear it when it knocks
Against their gates. One reason we love war
Is this denial. Purest paradox
Goes gnawing quite unnoticed like a worm
Inside the gut. We fear our deathless death,
Immortal as it is. It makes us squirm
When we are forced to face it, but each breath
We take is like a hero’s absolute
Refusal of the bullet as he jumps
Up free from battle trench. His strong salute
Is towards a heart that pumps, and pumps, and pumps.
..Belief in death is something to be scorned.
…..It whispers destiny to be suborned.