Manic Poems - Poems about Manic

All that remains of our love is a faded Polaroid, a carton of cigarettes, and two cases of beer. I'll forget you soon, but for now, I'm cracking open another one— let's hope these memories blur!...

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He left her for a bony with halitosis. She thinks of humiliating him recalling that final orga... hears again his sob of pleasure. Then his hurried dressing, his coldness. She wants to humiliate him, to stomp upon his bullcrap soul. One cigarette after another. she draws the smoke into her lungs, into her belly, feels the fumes turning to vengeful wraiths. Imagines pleasuring him once more, using...

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Thrust in the center of the storm All I could see was You My deepest fears had been born My sanity like strings unloosed Nerves unglued by life events Perhaps this broke my mind Strapped to a bed I no longer lament Refused food or drink of any kind The drugs they tried made me hide Inside my paranoia so I didn’t speak Except...

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LSD TOOK ME FOR A RIDE Record 2025/02/18 11:15:55.webm Riding the roller coaster, white-knuckled and grimacing in horrified pleasure. He took me for a ride in his supercharged El Camino. Everything was so surreal. I didn't know if we were moving or the road moved beneath the car. The winter trees at night seemed to glow with a dark...

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The world is asleep and yet I lie awake. Thoughts race through my mind. Trying to think good thoughts but they are so unkind. Worrying seems to put me in that place. It's a monster taking over my soul. I feel like I'm falling into a deep deep hole. Ride the wave till it's over....

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[verse] Sometimes I am a shadow Casting images upon a wall Having no effect on life A curiosity to all Sometimes I am a rock Moved by others pain at times like this I wonder at the thought That I am insane Sometimes I am an animal Drifting along at whim Doing things without a thought...

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Sleep escaped, Without a farewell, She had not the grace To aspire my light, She proved to be darker Than her gaze, Glaring, glowering, Glowing with madness, Bipolar’s destroyer – two sides of the coin Despair, dread, doubt – depression Delight, elation, wired – manic Stages of dark and light, Day and night, A breath, a prayer, a silence Flooded with fire – Cold, brilliant desire…. Where she kindles a flame, A...

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When Patty was in the manic phase, she'd ignore dangers: She'd hold parties in her motel room for hordes of strangers. One of them she married after knowing him half a day - Did it occur that something could go wrong by acting that way? Who needs the wisdom of George Schwab, or boring investment schemes? She met two dudes...

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For manic, listless, bipolar, mad souls, the rate of solitude increases fast, like the second derivative; to last, velocity accelerates near black holes, which tug light into singularity's sinkhole. If isolation never speeds up past, if desolation, forever steadfast, must for...

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delusions, illusions, these random contusions, idolic notions of noiseless commotions, keeps me in motion, whirling with the gravity I'm on my knees, praying what you're saying I still believe and if its true what i really need, is to be sent away from family and friends, I will contend but that doesn't mean it's not right for me, can't you see I'm not in control of this body anymore restless and sore, an endless downpour of emotions,...

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A dangerous mind and a broken soul, Years of hiding had taken its toll. A cry for help mixed in with a joke, I'm getting too weary to carry the yolk. A sense of reality that slipping away, I'd reach out for help if I wasn't afraid. Hours awake locked inside my own brain, thoughts in my head that aren't very...

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To, the guy whose life I'm about to change and those who praise him for my efforts, I am the effortlessly perfect girl, who is whimsical in just the right ways. The one who knows her way around your mind, to help you become a better person that serves as my ultimate purpose. Under any other circumstances, you would be too difficult...

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Old Scottie’s got a cob on Can’t find his favourite chair Just back from a mini reunion And he can’t find it anywhere. Not yet got the nerve to tell him It went the middle of last week, Mike gave it to a charity shop When he had a fit of pique. Martin’s sat quietly crying, Had his recurring nightmare Of serving back in...

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It’s 2am and I am awake Feel like I slept a whole day Rolling red rivers of sleep escape I am a poet who needs sleep I say For a winged white word traces brain As a blue bird tangled in my mane To sleep right now would be a shame Boogie down dancing muse do your thang They say my dad use...

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Sometimes I am a shadow Casting images upon a wall Having no effect on life A curiosity to all Sometimes I am a rock Moved by others pain At times like this I wonder at the thought That I am insane Sometimes I am an animal Drifting along at whim Doing things without a thought Of love of life or limb At times you...

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