Mike Butler Poet Rondeau

Hypomania

I need to be set free from myself from time to time,
Or else, my manic mind will never find peace
Among cognitive processes—the craziness will never cease!
It would seem that someone is trying to undermine 

And distort my coherent thoughts at nighttime;
Sleep keeps me up, never offering solace and release.
I need to be set free from myself from time to time
Or else my manic mind will never find peace.

This evil keeper keeps me imprisoned and confined
Behind huge metal bars black as grease.
I see sanity roam rampant in the yard and graze with geese.
I am a convicted criminal though this illness is not a crime;
I need to be set free from myself—from time to time.

Submitted for Jared's "Rondel" contest

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Carol Sunshine Brown June 28, 2010 at 10:18 AM Congratulations Mike on your win in Jared Pickett's contest "The Rondel". Love, Carol

Dr.Ram Mehta June 15, 2010 at 3:53 AM Nice inner thoughts well expressed. Good luck in the contest

Poet Destroyer A June 14, 2010 at 6:27 PM Sad, good write, good luck on the contest..P.D.

Sara Kendrick June 14, 2010 at 4:39 PM Good luck in this contest..Reads like a winner..Keep the creative pen flowing..Sara

Gavin Pattison June 14, 2010 at 4:33 PM A chillingly well written poem, in that you convey a sense of being trapped withing oneself with ones thoughts and limitations, great work. Good luck in the competition. From Gavin.