Michael Vacek Poet Rhyme

Bending Reason

From head to tips of toes,
On to the fingertips of closed fist;
Callouses of earthly foes,
Sadness embedded, no place missed.

Night turns to day,
Day turns to night;
Staying where I lay,
Moving not a might.

Blackness of nothingness dimming,
Time looping in endless bouts of sleep;
Want to awake to life brimming,
Body, self, sinking evermore deep.

Too weak to move, slowly nodding head,
Cannot see the ending;
Only death could free the soul of this bed,
Edge of reason bending.

8/28/17
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Depression and Sadness

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John Hamilton September 4, 2017 at 11:21 AM You are really impressing me Michael, you say you've been writing a short while, and so far, you've been placing really well against the top poets on this site, I look forward to what you will produce as you get even better, in the near future! Michael Vacek September 5, 2017 at 11:17 AM John, your comment is extremely flattering. Thank you. I'll try to keep following my pen as it leads the way.

Anisha Dutta August 29, 2017 at 12:16 AM That is the Edge of reason. Strongly penned. Good Luck Michael Vacek August 29, 2017 at 11:15 AM Thank you for your compliment. Mental illnesses (MI) like depression or anxiety truly bend the edge of reason. My advice to anyone would be that one needs not die. One must put a part within to death (doubt, anxiety, fear, etc). Get the help you need. Treating MI is no different than treating any other ailment.

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart August 28, 2017 at 1:17 PM Wowsers! Sharp pen. Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart August 29, 2017 at 7:41 PM Michael, thank you, what a wonderful thing to say, taken aback am I :) honoured xomo Michael Vacek August 29, 2017 at 11:06 AM This is one I wrote after looking at your poetry. I was taken aback by your writing's simplicity and shockingly profound insight.