Darren White Poet Free verse

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I intended to send this in for Lewis Raynes contest, but forgot to send it 0.o

So here it is, just because I like it, contest or not.

In My Head

Welcome to the circus
  To the prison
    To the crowded beach on a hot summer day
      To the thousands in a stadium or a concert.
        To the cacophony of voices
          In my head

It is hard to navigate
Deduction is needed to find the truth
The one voice 
The reality of the moment

Music 
  Silences 
    The crowd
      In my head

Sleep
  Wakes
    Them

Good morning, welcome to my circus.
Have a seat and enjoy yourselves!

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Claudia Polydoro December 22, 2016 at 8:02 PM Our heads can be the most noisy place on earth! This is really well said, and so true, hun :) Darren White December 22, 2016 at 11:47 PM Isn't it, when it's silent it can be the most noisy place on earth.... deafening.

White Wolf December 20, 2016 at 4:22 PM You have conveyed what really is difficult to convey! The only thing I like about crowded beaches is the 'White Pointers'. A very relatable piece, Darren! 7 Darren White December 21, 2016 at 2:10 AM hahaha :) White Wolf December 21, 2016 at 1:47 AM TITS Darren White December 21, 2016 at 12:46 AM Question: what is 'White Pointers'? Darren White December 20, 2016 at 11:25 PM Thanks Rick :) 7 woah! Yes, give me the solitude of my room and I manage.

Tim Smith December 20, 2016 at 3:09 PM What I have seen so far I like...I cant wait to see you put your head in the lion's mouth. Darren White December 20, 2016 at 3:15 PM Heh, Tim :D Lion's roar would definitely outcry everything else :)

Chris Green December 20, 2016 at 3:03 PM I believe we all have voices in our heads, some choose to listen to a few, some choose to listen to them all and some choose not to listen period. I think we should listen at times because you never know what they might say. Obviously this wonderful and creative poem came from in there somewhere...right? Darren White December 20, 2016 at 3:07 PM Someone wrote this, I have no idea who, but my name is under the poem. soooo *scratches head in amazement*. Yes, it can be paralyzing at times, and it can be so noisy that it blocks communication with outside world :)

CayCay Godwin December 20, 2016 at 12:17 PM Very creatively done, Darren - it is a shame this write missed the contest, but it still has a life and mission all on its own. You captured the life rolling and thundering and pulsing in your head so well. CayCay Darren White December 20, 2016 at 12:24 PM Thanks CayCay. Yes, total ocean of annoyingly contradictory voices there.

Poet Destroyer A December 20, 2016 at 12:17 PM Thank you for the invite in your head. Kind of sounds like my own. :):):) I do like when reality YELLS... enjoyed. LINDA Poet Destroyer A December 20, 2016 at 12:57 PM lol Darren White December 20, 2016 at 12:23 PM Nice holiday hat Linda :) And ooooh, don't you just love the chaos in your head sometimes???.... NOT... Darren :)