Defence Mechanism Poems


The Old Folk

They are like some other beings altogether

the cry more animal than human

wordless pathos,musical,disturbing

They have gone back to a troubled and imagined infancy

but no mother responds to such a nightmare of overgrown voice boxes

the cry of a rabbit wolf in a trap

it’s the shriek in the wall cry of a baby in a nightmare.

Nicholas cries for Sylvia in the inverse of a dream

and so it will be for you and me

Trapped in this old body with its old brain

on and on they cry

help me, help me,help me

nurse nurse

I want the manager I want the manager

I don’t want to be here I don’t want to be here

I want to go home

Help me

we don’t listen because they have dementia

what they say has no meaning.

that’s our defence mechanism.

I am the norm

You are abnormal

but you smiled when I asked you if you would like your hair dyed pink

and I know you love the music therapist.

Your smell repels

Alas

Is this where Jesus dwells
Categories: defence mechanism, bereavement, emotions, evil,
Form: Free verse

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maybe we choose stupor 
disliking illusions here on offer
being a self defence mechanism
to slow ego driven thought pendulum 
immersing us in hypnotic trance
freedom only in inner silence 
in surrendered cessation 
or during meditation 
thought rested awareness 
versus Tamasic stuporousness 
either way we get rid of ego stain
free from delusion driving us insane

06-January-2021
Categories: defence mechanism, muse,
Form: Rhyme


The Storm

A storm is brewing in my heart.
For years now I've been apart.
From any sort of intimate connection.
Where mind meets mind.
Hearts entwine... pure perfection.

A storm is brewing in my head.
Because of all the things he's said.
He's not afraid to read my mind.
Especially when I seem unkind.
A defence mechanism of mine.

A storm is brewing in my soul.
He's bringing flowers, so I'm told.
Admits he seeks someone to care for.
And be cared for in return.
Perhaps it's not too late to run?

A storm is brewing, where to turn?
I've been so long now on my own.
Is it doomed from the start?
Will my armour fall apart?
I'm scared of storms.



16/04/2016
Categories: defence mechanism, adventure, anxiety, boyfriend,
Form: Rhyme

Danger Zone

Maybe it's the bad boy attraction 
Maybe it's the need to spice up her life
Maybe it's the fire of her self defence mechanism 
That keeps her tangled in his angle
Categories: defence mechanism, kiss,
Form: Quatrain

Teenage Journal

TEENAGE JOURNAL

I am not coping very well and yet I feel accomplished, complete
A good defence mechanism- a new place to visit
Although dark and lonely—I escape without company
Nobody knows about it… yet
Maintenance is time consuming
All other aspects of life ignored
Easy to disembark and land
Return journey difficult….costly
Balloons come to mind—resembling individuals, floating…

Side by side—occasionally they collide gently
Breezes pick up—collisions get stronger, bump and bang
My balloon—water filled, packed and crammed
Lies heavily on the ground
Others may lie there too
Waterlogged they collide harshly
Spilling their contents on the barely durable and lone
The sun comes out – broken bits dry, revealed…. exposed
Ignored, no soul concerned-- to sweep up the mess they made<>
Categories: defence mechanism, introspection, teenage,
Form: Dramatic Monologue


Super Ego, Ego and Id'Ism

The sub-conscious jugernaught,
And it’s defence mechanism, 
For so long your multi-faceted dimension we’ve fought,
So commonly known as super ego, ego and id’ism.

We can all be mean, jealous, envious,
Sometimes kind, caring and compassionate at best,
What we don’t like, we call social deviance,
I know all the me’s I can be, collectively we’ve got a chance,
Not much is known by the layman,
There’s a reason we feed from the tame hand,
Each one of us immensely powerful,
We need our vision back to make it's power null,
revealing, no cohesion, a fictional entity cull.

The mind unravels and absorbes the 'knowing' wealth,
letting go of the ego and in 'their' terms my mental health.
Categories: defence mechanism, allegory, confusion, education, health,
Form: Free verse

Murder In Uniform

Dressed up in Khaki, or olive and green,
A new kind of terror, before unseen.
Betraying all of a nations trust,
Making poor civilians, bite the dust.
Is there no one to bring them to bust? 
Before being recipients of public disgust. 
Never been known for such things in yore; 
A new born trend at our own back door. 
Guardians the world thought to be truly just, 
Now hunger for blood and sexual lust. 
If we don’t immediately put a stop; 
The entire defence mechanism, will be seen as a flop. 
It’s the powers that be, who have to get them punished; 
Failing which, they’ll have an image so tarnished. 
Once thought by the others, as choice cannon fodder; 
They’re giving intelligent countrymen a whole lot of bother. 
These men who are expected to defend mankind, 
Have turned into monsters of a different kind. 


Prince Freakasso  
(painter & poet)
Categories: defence mechanism, angst
Form: Free verse
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