The synthetic poison
that courses through my veins
churns the bowel of the earth
and sent a tremor through my heart.
What kind of remedy this is?
It heals one part,
But devastates the other,
What kind of potion man brews?
I see the flower buds
bursting forth on one branch
leaving the adjacent portion barren,
It heals and harms
It yields and resists...
It resuscitates the body
but kills the spirit.
A nice prescription of sleep
I took when the day proved awry
And found myself when I blinked
In a dreamscape so wide.
Tho' it was hard to believe -
I saw a meadow without end;
My crying stopped to think
Of where the Tiller went.
I saw in hues I'd never seen;
The sky emoted rest.
I searched the horizon -
Sure that there were secrets.
And of time? What did it mean
To the birds above the field?
To the excitable bee
Nourished by a fallen tear?
And then - I startled -
And facing a morning sun -
Felt my heart's wound dulled -
Almost like it'd never happened.
Here’s your prescription,
a remedy so small.
For worries that weigh heavy,
and pain that beats all.
The ivy of your troubles,
the vines of disarray,
So take another dose,
armor up for today.
It’s a cycle that spirals,
a loop with no end.
The sticky glue of addiction,
a false, fleeting friend.
Euphoria dances,
tempting the mind,
As phantoms of pleasure
leave reason behind.
The rhythm of your heartbeat
caught in charades,
Yet soon will unravel
in the comfort that you’ve made.
Delirium wraps you in silky threads spun,
Woven pieces of madness
blanket all that you’ve done.
Here is your prescription
and a lonely road ahead.
Later dreaming of the moments
you wish you could reset.
Chasing a thirsty dragon
may be hard to slay,
Eating dust from its feet
and choking on the taste.
Here is your prescription,
it’s side effects, I warn.
May you find the relief
you came here looking for.
Do you feel the need for love and romance?
Option number one: dinner and a dance.
Chill at home with Netflix and a hot date.
Turn out the lights and make out till late.
Option number two: gifts galore.
Remember the one you'll always adore.
Love at first sight and your heart is pounding;
Once you're with that special one, it's totally astounding.
Valentine's Day is here with flowers, candy, and doves;
Every single person needs somebody to love.
I hope your day is filled with excitement and delight,
And wish you a happy Valentine's Day and night.
Your prescription is ready,
The pharmacy wrote.
Reminders were steady,
Each day a new note.
I gave in at last,
Just a ten minute stroll.
Get it over with fast
Was my Saturday goal.
No big deal, but a chore
I did not want to do.
When I entered the store,
It was quiet; I knew
That I’d goofed, for my watch
Said ‘twas 1:35,
Which means that I did botch
When I chose to arrive.
From 1:30 to 2,
They pull down every gate
So the pharmacy crew
Can have lunch; no debate.
Though annoyed at myself
(I’d forgotten this fact)
Nothing on any shelf
Made this shopper react.
So I left, even though
Today’s task wasn’t done
But tomorrow, I’ll go
Before break time’s begun.
I never go to the doctors much at all.
My new primary inherited me when
my prior doctor left last fall.
I made the appointment because I was sick
and feared I'd been bitten by a Lyme's tick.
When I asked the new doctor to order a
Western Blot, the most accurate test,
this is what I got.
"I've been practicing medicine for thirty years,"
his volume increased as it burned my ears.
"Your blood pressure is high", obvious to see,
and then he proceeded to lecture me...
"Your vessels have narrowed, probably full of plaque.
Your going have a stroke or a heart attack".
This doctor must have thought me deaf or may be just
dense. I got a good dose of his arrogance.
I don't remember asking for a prescription for mean but
he was definitely the angriest doctor I've ever seen.
Well, off to see my cardiologist.
His bed side manner is the best.
Don’t offer me a prescription.
For my problems or my pain
Just let me take my shoes off
And go walking in the rain
Don’t give me no advice
From your theories obsolete
Just let me feel the “BIG BANG”
From my head down to my feet
Don’t share with me your "TALL TALES"
About how you survived the night
Just let me say at the end of the day
That “I'M REALLY DOING ALRIGHT”
Circa 1990’s
Apathy’s paralyzation,
Iridescent indignation,
Steely eyed, grim concentration,
Ebullient, effuse elation,
Scheming klepto pilferation,
And dysphoric ideation
Drugs for every situation
Prescription proliferation
Pharmacological nation
Where’s my pills? Where in tarnation?
Doesn't matter what time you take it,
Only that you timely make it.
I tender my application,
To render their resignation,
All that submitted application,
Which was an indication,
They wanted my indignation,
And so, let me give them some education,
Stop this confusion !
Jaber won my affection,
Jaber promulgated my heart constitution
She’s the only medication,
Written on my prescription
Irreversibly for my condition
Nikech, jaber iber.
Let me shout to the mountains,
That fountains of your love,
Form the curtains of my heart,
My heart yearns for you,
My heart learns from you,
My life leans on you,
Jaber is my one in all,
If you all recall
And certainly, my one in a lifetime
Greatest of all times
Nikech, jaber iber.
I remember the relief
When calm leaked into me
After the little blue pill
Hit my bloodstream
And I breathed
Whispers of peace
It was this peaceful feeling
I craved the way a obese
Woman craves chocolate and
Chicken with hungry eyes
That linger on the desire
With hope that flows through
Crimson veins, wistfully
This was before I knew
Xanax could be lethal
And besides this they were
Always addictive and dark
Like the shadows that fell
Against the stardust skies
After a summer rainfall
It took me longer to let them go
Those friends from a prescription
Than it did to learn to love them
With a breathless color of hope
A thought that told me I’d finally
Discovered nirvana in a bottle
As it erased my fear and worry
Now I know only God holds any real
Comfort and peace – any real relief!
"Medicine is my lawful wife, and literature is my mistress. When I get fed up with one, I spend the night with the other"
Anton Chekhov
A doctor, a poet and a singer,
he was all three talents rolled into one,
prescribed in poetry, advised by song,
his medical practice was so much fun!
recited famous poems as he talked,
his happy patients were of him in awe,
he danced to his songs as he walked,
yet his treatment without a single flaw!
he was most popular with little tots,
they giggled at funny faces he pulled,
amongst doctors there may be many sorts,
but I bet none like him that are so chilled!
diseases of body are many kinds,
treated with medicines of many types,
with a jovial doctor, mind unwinds,
to help body overcome its gripes!
Premiere contest winner (4)
written 20/03/2021
Reveal your other Muse contest
Margarita Lillico sponsored
Brevity hence 4 stanzas
10 syllables, quatrains with partial imperfect rhyme.
They don't know that
She doesn't know
That she is
A poet
Her doctor suggested
It good therapy
But barely
Had she
Three or
Four before her
Next session to show
Progression in any shape or
Form so from
The lack of
Anyone
Saying
Anything in the way
Of comments she
Thought of
Committing
Not suicide or
Institutionalizing
But herself to writing
More so to take them all
Along
On one
Heck of
Crazy
Ride
He dotes her with love
She forgets the world for a time
He's a bundle of magic
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
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