Collection of Poems

I've just sorted out some poems to email the guy who runs my creative writing group. These are for the book they publish annually. I thought while i had copied and pasted these to email i mights as well make a blog post out of them too. Some are old and some are new. I wonder if you can guess which are old and which new? Hope you enjoy :)

Detained

What was I doing there?

I didn’t commit any crime

But I was still locked up

I was doing time.

But it was not a prison

It was a hospital so they say

But I was still being punished

Every single day.

You cannot do this

You cannot do that

You cannot stand

You must be sat.

They told you when to sleep

When to smoke, eat and drink

So many rules

I struggled to think.

You cannot have your possessions

We must lock them away

This is for your safety

They repeatedly did say.

It is such a relief

That I am now free

I can now move on

And go back to being me.

Caged

There was a rabbit

Kept in his cage

And it’s not unreasonable

He sometimes felt rage.

Because even though

He was always fed

And provided for him

Was a nice warm bed.

There were always people

Around him to care

But to be caged

He felt wasn’t fair.

What he wanted

And need so much

Was the outside world

For him to touch.

He wanted to feel

The nice warm sun

And wildly and freely

He wanted to run.

For every day

He was kept locked away

In mental torment

He did stay.

Imprisoned Within

There is a person I’d like you meet

A person that one day in real life you could great.

This person is strong, confident and smart

Caring, compassionate with a great big heart.

Well adjusted and well expressed

A peoples person self confessed.

Up for a challenge, she’ll do her best

She’ll stop at nothing in her quest.

Motivated to reach her goal

Good at exercising self-control.

Fighting hard at what she believes

And the impossible she does achieve.

However there is sadness in the tale

But one that hopefully the goodness shall prevail.

This person is trapped, a slave to fear

And the path to freedom isn’t so clear.

Locked in the dark with so little light

But to escape the madness is her plight.

Bodiless, she is trapped in my mind

And her way to the real world she needs to find.

Oppressed and battered by menacing thought

The paranoia, the anger she takes the onslaught.

The odds of her arrival are not in her favour

But she will continue to fight, carrying on being braver.

One day the walls will be all knocked down

And the rightful person can take her crown.

She will live the life she so rightly deserves

One full of laughter no regrets or reserves.

A Shrine to the Fallen

My mind is a battlefield

Dark, cold and distant

Chaotic and lethal

Total destruction

Deadly.

Deadly

Frenzied attack

Death becomes all

No opportunity of flight

Isolated in the darkest night.

My thoughts are the soldiers

Each for their own

No united front

Ruthless tactics

Merciless.

Merciless

Truce forbidden

Increasing in pressure

Nothing left to slaughter

Just an empty shell remains.

Scars

Lines of faded white
intertwined with darkened red
The physical evidence
Of all that is wrong within my head.

As I have sat and I have etched
The lines into my arm
A release of all my pain
As blood trickles to my palm.

A short lived release
Leaves scars that never fade
A brief moment of relief
But another mess I have made.

A constant reminder
Of my darkest despair
Me and my scars
A darkened affair.

My Bloody Suicide

This is my existence
Ended by the knife
Blood spills and splatters
To end my stupid life.

As here i lay dying
My short life passes through my eyes
Hurt, upset and anger
Broken promises and lies.

Death is upon me
And My soul starts to fade
For all the sins i commited
With my life i have paid

Here i am now
No longer realistic
Destined to be
Just Another statistic

Blood stained blue skin
Eyes shut and body cold
I am gone
And my story is told

There is nothing

Left to hide
This is my
Bloody suicide.

Misery

I can't escape this misery
It's taking over me
Skewing my perception
No future left to see.

I can't escape this misery
It's started to eat my soul
Feeding parasitically
Now i'm no longer whole.

I can't escape this misery
That daily plagues my mind
To a future of happiness
It's succeeded to make me blind.

I can't escape this misery
That lingers everyday
Suicide is an option
If it continues to have it's way.
 

Brokenmind

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