Rewiring Poems | Examples

Back to the future

Went searching for good enough and discovered it can only come from within myself
So I went back to the future in a DeLorean to try to pinpoint when things began to veer off track so I could alter time to put them back

It took a few trips after realizing I couldn’t quickly flip the script
Started by slowly chipping away to release the image I was trying to portray
Then pivoted to rewiring my circuits to help wrangle my inner circus
The process pivoted me from my head to my heart which granted me a fresh start

But it was only after I made the choice that I was able to hear a new inner voice
It started as a whisper but turned into a roar that I could no longer ignore
To wash over me to say what had been so tough, that I can relax and rest easy now since I am good enough

thinking back

rewiring of
rainbows across memories
~ child's play



Submitted on July 24, 2025 for contest ILLUSKU : ILLUSTRATED HAIKU CHALLENGE sponsored by JCB BRUL (using my own painting)

Circles

Space aliens speak a geometric poetry,
crop circles are left,
to enlighten each brain cell.

Soon we may think,
in pictures, patterns, and spirals once more,
employing the mathematics
of immediate insight.

The heart hungers,
brains are secretly rewiring themselves,
into cosmic bridges.
Life begins to express itself,
hieroglyphically.

The aliens have not yet arrived
as us.
we have yet to grow into them,
as all our words
are acknowledged as misspelled symbols,
a primitive speech, too disjoined
for these new times.

So far, a simple pictograph,
of reality,
one any alien could decipher,
remains undiscovered.

Yet we watch and wait,
as revealing holograms,
create new visions for us.

Trick Candle Flame

You turned me into  a trick candle flame,
when it flickered you lit a spark; 
Making me believe again was your aim; 

When I  needed it you gave me acclaim; 
a soft glow in the midst of the stark; 
You turned me into a trick candle flame;

Embracing everything that wasn’t tame 
never leaving me alone in the dark; 
Making me believe again was your aim; 

Helped me let go of my twisted mind game, 
rewiring me to ignore every remark;
You turned me into a trick candle flame;

Finding the fire I needed to reclaim, 
paving the path for me to embark;
Making me believe again was your aim; 

In doubt you reminded me of my name, 
believed in my enigmatic trademark;
You turned me into a trick candle flame,
making me believe again was your aim.

Done It Myself Blues

The manual explains in detail
what steps to take to build back a better life,
I have patched-up parts, and glued together
some bent-bones, there are screws loose
and missing,
some rewiring is required -- I'm not qualified.

My non-physical bits,
float around or zip here and there;
all are hard to grasp.
A broken brain cannot analyze the problem,
too many tools are wrong size specifications,
this has led to an un-wrench-able
mental constipation.

I have complained to Ikea,
have returned all the useless parts of myself,
and the rest of me just sits around rusting.

Cadavrul Se Misca

There is nothing in front of the casket
Just a narrow hallway.
When the bereaved guilt-bearers gather
The maggots fall into his eyes
White worms taint image of skin
Pillbugs block the bullet hole 
A joint twitches
The star arise
Once again
Worse than dead with rot within
An aura of botflies around his non person
Shaking bonestruck in its organic necromancic rewiring.
Maggots falling out of the mouthpiece
Now...

True North

Destroy the true North
For all its worth
Destroy the true North
“North misguided worthless”

Lie longer louder deny
On living matters deny
Lie longer louder deny
Deny, lie longer lifeless

Test of patients unforgiven
Tripped the final wire
Test of patients unforgiven
Tripped the final wire taut

Misguided madness rewiring
Lies the pattern controlling
Misguided madness rewiring
Controlled: Reward the lie forever

The Climate Changes

Humanity has taken a chainsaw to the tree of life 
every tear came as a visitor as my eyes they drank 
from the well of the moon 
Somethings within memory last forever 
each thorn was love protecting the rose 
twilight of morning dew upon the grass
it's there a deadly silence enters the soul 
What good fruit comes from sin 
we have to submit to the Holy Spirit 
defending justice is a spiritual submission to the truth 
To do what's right and just rewiring our minds 
guarding it from the true nature of man

The Ivory Tower

Atheists work on the breaker box,
  as Creationists source the power

Rewiring a changing system that’s flawed
  —their lights flicker in an ivory tower

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2019)

Fixing My Computer

I'm fixing my computer
it refuses to boot
I think it needs rewiring
before it will compute

Inside its very dusty
lots of wires and screws
I put it back together
to be greeted with good news

The computer screen lights up
now its ready for work
I make a cup of coffee
and admire my handiwork

It is time to celebrate
this unlikely resurrection
welcome back old friend
you silicon perfection

Lackadaisical Effort

out of sheer laziness 
put forth an
inactive un-energetic 
automatic pilot 
approach at change
attampted thoughtless
activities involving little or no
for thought what so ever 
putting forth a half-ass 
lackadaisical effort at 
rewiring negative self-talk 
patterns of thought that exists

Tend To Lean Towards

tend to lean towards a
negatively influenced
mind set seemed 
to have been 
hard wired from
youth to perceive 
life within the most 
negative terms possible 
rewiring seems to be an
impossible task to undertake
it has proven to be a life long 
journey towards the unknown 
with no end insight

We Took a Moment

We took 
   a moment.

To ponder 
   the mind.

Caught in
   delusional.

Recesses 
    of time.

Who 

 What

  Where

   When

    How

  And
 
Why

Looking to comfort
  the insanity of lies.

Rewiring the
   memories.

Replayed in
   life.

Rape

Rape Is

A Disgusting Word
A Formation of Hurt
A Deepness in Bleeding
A Scar of the Insides
A Psychological Torture
A Pain that's Sure
A Moment in Time
A Mind Rewinding
A Sickness Replaying
A Murderous Reveal
A Power Residing
A Sign in Evil Rising
A Sophistication in
A Real Victimization

Healing is

A Refreshing Word
A Reminding of Hurt
A Bandaid on Bleeding
A Rebirth of the Insides
A Dissipating Torture
A Balm that's Sure
A Rewiring of Time
A Lies Rewinding 
A Hopeful Replaying 
A Life's Seasonal Reveal
A Warrior Residing 
A Sign in Battles Rising
A Plot Line in
A Recanting Victimization

Dedicated to my boss Heather.
You've been a true find in my life.

The Ice I See

What is this ice I see...
I'm trying to trace my race
through the ages
Refine the whites of my eyes
so you too can feel,
Instruct the dark of my will
to see the whites,
What do these eyes instill...
a wavy discomfort so 
my freedom can't kill
A reasoned denial of 
pacy impatience
A duly paid debt of life
I haven't lived,
What is this trial I cede...
I'm seeking to drive a taut
rewiring
of shifting sands,
Recline serenely in shifty chairs 
as progeny 
screams peace,
What is this due I'm owed...
a simple cry of contrition
and dutiful restrain,
What in ice repeats
is
the bouncing recurrence of virtue 
atop a twisted treat

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