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Normally My Mind's a Meadow

What does crazy look like I was asked once, what was my biggest fear. "To be left walking alone barefoot and homeless punching myself in the head" I said without hesitation; which surprised even me, I didn't know I had a biggest fear. What does crazy feel like Picture a train, not from afar, intimately close. You know, big dark roaring pumping charging steam engine chug chug chug. Lots of steam, lots of chug. Deafening. Now picture it meeting the bare flat face of a mountain head on; your mind the engine and your thoughts the car after car after car crashing into the next. Now picture you're on the other side of that mountain trying to chisel a tunnel with your fists. Normally my mind's a meadow. June 9th, 2018

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Timothy Hicks

Date: 5/14/2020 3:28:00 AM

Oh and ... FAVE! PS. I got your Soup Mail, haven't responded yet - been kind of swamped today, and still more to do tomorrow! I just wanted to check out one last poem before heading to bed. PS. I wish P-Soup had an easier system for searching up specific poems, like a way to "search" for poems in a person's profile. Not too difficult to hunt-and-peck ... but when people have 6, 7, or even 14+ PAGES of poetry it's a lot to comb through. Lol.

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 5/14/2020 9:05:00 AM

Thank you Tim! I mention in my "10 poems that define me" for Line's contest that this was the scariest to post. I don't know what happened to the search engine, I thought it was just this old iPad. I click on go to poem for alphabetical order, or form if you know the form, but when there's 20 pages, it is exasperating. Btw, I'm 48 today, special! ;), xomo

Timothy Hicks

Date: 5/14/2020 3:24:00 AM

WOW. Your words put me right in the spot and make me question my own sanity. "Lots of steam, lots of chug ... your thoughts the car after car after car." You put your soul into this one (or, mind, one might argue). I can't say that I personally relate to what you're feeling here, but it doesn't really matter since you described in such detail that I can see what you're coming from (THAT's the power of writing ... to take you "there" even if you were never "there")

Line Gauthier

Date: 4/22/2020 4:36:00 PM

Wow !~ such wild vivid imagery sandwiched between sane (I mean plain) white bread. Line xx

Charlie Knowlton

Date: 8/18/2019 9:00:00 AM

WOW!…Great imagination and I could see it all. Good one Maureen.

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 8/18/2019 11:07:00 AM

At the mercy of my amygdala ;), Thank you Charlie! This is the best description I could come up with. xomo!

Darren White

Date: 6/19/2018 11:42:00 AM

That sounds like familiar surroundings to me, so well written, Mo <3

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 6/19/2018 11:54:00 AM

Thank you Piroet. I only know my own; empathy starts somewhere. Write on dear poet, thank you for your visit! xomo <3

John Lawless

Date: 6/14/2018 2:20:00 PM

The title beckoned me "come in"....the images had me running for cover....vividly descriptive images Maureen.

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 6/14/2018 5:34:00 PM

Thank you John, a measure of success :) xomo

Alycia Wheatley

Date: 6/9/2018 10:05:00 PM

Now that is one great description. I can identify with the imagery. Very nice! ??

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 6/10/2018 7:55:00 AM

I'll take that! ;) Thank you so much Alycia! xomo :)

James Swartz

Date: 6/9/2018 12:52:00 PM

Yes! You described the feeling perfectly Maureen! Awesome words told in such a visual manner that is crystal clear.

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 6/9/2018 1:11:00 PM

James, thank you, sounds like you know. Big hugs my friend. xomo <3

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 6/9/2018 8:56:00 AM

What a visual! You have described the feeling with clarity and artistic precision. Thanks for your visit Maureen.

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 6/9/2018 9:20:00 AM

Thank you Richard, I tried :) warmed to know conveyed. xomo

Fauxcroft Wade

Date: 6/9/2018 8:43:00 AM

Yours is a mind of Openness and clarity I think more sane than many and that's reflected in this marvelous piece of thought inspiring work.

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 6/9/2018 9:18:00 AM

Thank you Fauxcroft, that means a lot to me. xomo

Demetrios Trifiatis

Date: 6/9/2018 7:24:00 AM

Impressive, challenging, thought provoking certainly sane! Hugs dearest Maureen! xxx

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 6/9/2018 7:28:00 AM

Your openness I cherish dear Demetrios. I used to wonder, would one know when one is going crazy, turns out, no, not really ;) more of a hindsight thing when sanity prevails. Thank you my friend. Blessings for a lovely day to you Sweet D <3 xomo!

Arthur Vaso

Date: 6/9/2018 12:46:00 AM

wow, id say a minefield on this one!!!! :)

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 6/9/2018 6:38:00 AM

How apt! Poet brain ;) xomo <3

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 6/8/2018 8:17:00 PM

wow, Maureen, this is BRILLIANT. I have never felt this in my life. If you ever do. OH MY. FAVE!

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 6/8/2018 9:57:00 PM

As best as I can describe it, I do indeed. It's been a slough. Thank you Andrea :) xomo <3

Arturo Michael

Date: 6/8/2018 2:00:00 PM

Crazy is what crazy does...Free-spirited write...you did it again...car after car after car...something about that repetition... All the best Maureen

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 6/8/2018 2:32:00 PM

Sounds about right, the definition of crazy doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result. Finally laying some new track ;)

Arturo Michael
Date: 6/8/2018 2:13:00 PM

I keep hearing...time after time after time, I'm going out of and out of my mind... your last 2 writes have triggered those words

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 6/8/2018 2:09:00 PM

Ah yes. There is something to that repetition, difinitively. xomo :)

Heidi Sands

Date: 6/8/2018 1:10:00 PM

Wow, you brought us right to this scene Maureen! Well written! :)

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 6/8/2018 1:30:00 PM

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 6/8/2018 1:21:00 PM

Thank you Heidi, I uh didn't know I'd ever write about this, my biggest shame. Life's a lot lighter now :) xomo <3