My brain is fried like eggs hot flashes
Equally I get cold not so passive
Nothing really I can’t handle nope
Onyx ceiling fan always blows so
Pushing my buttons not as hard
Ambition to play piano discard
Unanimously I feel more free
Simply because I no longer bleed
Everyday I choose to be happy
What shall I do when I can not hide;
And the sheets that I lay on no longer I abide;
Awaken by the storms screaming thunders cry;
I rise
Where shall I go as I sleep my eyes closed wide;
My memory frozen as my brain is fried;
Awaken now my eyes open shut;
Tell tale stories as I pain as I hurt;
What shall I do now that I in reality;
And who will come to my aid the fatuity;
So much adulterated hatred;
No time to be convicted, for I stand acquitted;
I rise
8/7/18
Mama told me that I shouldn't be doing it
So I'm standing in the corner to think it through
Mama told me that it's not for me
So I let go of my will to live,
In the corner I'm standing still
I was above it, flying with the doves
Mama told me that perhaps I'm not
So I'm standing in the corner
because honestly why not
In the corner I'm losing things
Through the window my brain flies
You are waiting for the last train
Boy it's easier to catch me now
You speak softly hoping I'll like it
In the corner there's a chance I will
Mama told me I was just playing,
Pretending like I always do
But it doesnt matter what they're saying
Now that my brain is fried
In the corner I'm growing ill
The trap has been set,
You just cant wait,
Soon so soon,
It will meet its fate.
Are you sure?
Pity not those that pity you,
For your pity is not true,
But somewhere in the blue.
If you speak what is spoken to you,
Do you speak what is true?
If you awake from your sleep,
Are you dreaming you are awake?
How do you know?
Till you fall asleep again,
To awaken from your dream.
When you say a word,
How many times,
Has that word been said before?
Or has it been spoken?
When you think a thought,
Do you ever think,
What is naught?
If it is naught,
Why think at all?
If you walk in water,
Do you get wet?
Do you want to bet?
For what is wet,
But a word?
This is so absurd.
My brain is fried,
Have I lied?
Within you,
I Confide.
My head is stuffed, my brain is fried
and still the poems wait inside,
They leak out of my eyes and ears
and laugh at me with grumpy jeers.
I am a wreck, I feel so sick
and still the poems leak and stick.
They glue me to the creaky chair
until I write them in the air
and freeze them down, forever be,
persistent friends, my poetry...
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