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Clean Slate, Please

picking up the pen again it's been awhile with no conditionin', when you've been gone so long where do you begin? I fell again, i had to sin in my mind to win, but I lose sitting alone in my room like I’m on auto-cruise, every look in the mirror givin my ego a bruise, because i know where i am is due to what i choose, fade myself away into the day, the way the day fades into night, and when the dark surrounds I'm not around to feel the fright, i'm in my mind lost in a world that isn’t mine, looking for a way out, hoping for a sign, a self-induced coma from which i wish i could resign, all these things have become malicious but my intentions were benign, and although i wanted to begin this i feel I've crossed a line, and there seems to be no coming back, the feeling of a constant heart attack, all my vision slowly fades to black as i feel my knees begin to slack, i don't feel myself fall only hear my head smack, on the floor with a crack, did it awaken me or has it just shaken me? either way I think it's makin me feel like this world is fakin me, and i just wanna clear the slate ya see?

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Date: 5/24/2014 10:22:00 AM
wow what a great free verse...did it awaken me or has it just shaken me? either way I think it's makin me feel like this world is fakin me, and i just wanna clear the slate ya see? great verses... love your poetry... hugs
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Eric Schojan
Date: 5/27/2014 10:53:00 AM
Thank you so much Brooke, you are too sweet!! :) it's funny because that last verse was actually the first verse that came to my mind and ended up with this write :) lol
Date: 5/24/2014 8:12:00 AM
Let yourself out..Be heard. you have a strong voice use it. If we self medicate to numb us from reality we end up missing everything....Come out in the open and you will see how great it can be. Excellent write eric..we have all been there..some just longer than others
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Eric Schojan
Date: 5/27/2014 10:49:00 AM
You are so right Tim!! like you said, self-medication might be an easy short-term fix, but eventually you're gonna have to face true reality without a crutch and it smacks ya hard sometimes :) I love that I can open up like this through my writing and people can appreciate and relate to it :) thank you Tim!
Date: 5/23/2014 3:59:00 PM
lets grab a coffee and burger and wipe the slate clean. ;) smile for me sugar
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Eric Schojan
Date: 5/27/2014 10:46:00 AM
see, even that comment can be a rhyme if ya break it up right, you're too skilled ;P thanks so much casarah!!! :)
Date: 5/23/2014 2:12:00 PM
Eric you are not lost with writes like this....David
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Eric Schojan
Date: 5/27/2014 10:45:00 AM
thanks so much david!! it really means a lot to me that you read my work and always appreciate your kind words :)

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