Window on a String

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The idea that depression and mental illness can warp your perspective to the point it obscures reality is a difficult thing to explain. So I thought I could encapsulate it with the image of a window on a string that constantly obscures your view and has a warped reflection of myself and the world around me constantly in front of my face. I liked the ideas of demented cherubs on clouds holding a fishing rod and following my like Lakitu from Mario 64 with the window on a string as I tried to come to terms with it. Written in 2020.

Twilight has set me free To this feeling I must cling Then from the heavens descended A window on a string... My view now slightly obstructed By soul sucking muntins. Perhaps it is a prank done by Some snot nosed heavenly munchkins A vision once so sublime, Is now sullied by the glare That mocks me wholeheartedly, my reflection Was donned with the blankest of stares. I walked through the field to Make my way back home It would stay in front of me, No matter which direction I would go. I got my baseball bat, gripped it tight Got to make sure I hit it just right. A tidal wave of a swing was greeted bluntly With a sad song, the faintest of dings How will I ever rid myself of it? I am still stuck with this cursed thing! Perhaps I am just cursed forever With this window on a string.

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Beata Agustin

Date: 1/2/2024 2:56:00 AM

Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts through your unique poetic style. Welcome to Poetry Soup. I welcome you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Be blessed.