My Madness Is a Room in My Mind
R.M. Stockton’s March Write Club Challenge
The one I try to keep the door closed on– locked and barred - to hold it at bay
Sometimes nothing works and it springs open wide – a whirlwind - sweeping away
Reality
In broad strokes painting new worlds that usually, revolve around me
Ones where I am so powerful, so important, so special, so looked up to, where people really see
Who I am – or would be if I could just get a grip and not slip into that deep abyss
That yawns wide every morning trying to swallow me whole – sucking me into its vile dark shadows – that whisper and hiss
Luring me away from what I know is real. Entwining me tight in an electric frenzy of warped thought with searing visions that burn so hot leaving my mind blistered black, cinder husked and cracked
Where I see things I cannot touch and hear all those howling voices that never listen back
Like knives in my head piercing, hurting, cutting me away – slice by slice
The part of me that enslaves and torments the rest - dicing and splicing
My sanity into a frayed thin rope grimly hanging by a thread
Making me wish for an end to it – to be free of the burrowing dread
That one day I will act out a horror unimaginable to those whose minds are whole
Who do not have to deal with these fanged snarling demons of the soul
About the Creator
Bonnie Bowerman
Just a curious soul with a crayon, at the beginning of my writing journey. There were many absorbing detours along the way.
I am so happy, I stumbled upon this community. The depth of talent here, takes my breath away!
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Comments (9)
Terrifyingly well written
Pretty powerful stuff, Bonnie! Loved every evil drop of it! Happy belated congrats for your placement in the competition.
I am so right there in the room with you. Permanent madness has set in. I love this poem...
Really exciting and moving, good luck in the challenge!
Whoaaaa, this was sooo intense! I freaking loved it!
The strain conveyed in the initial line about trying to keep the door closed lingers through the rest of the piece in the imagery that follows. Impressive piece!
This poem threatens the opening of hidden and unwelcome depths within this reader. Very effective evocation of the potential for madness within us all. Exceptional poetry! Is anything quite so terrifying as a random, uninvited thought? If only consciousness were singular and I did not contain multitudes.
Whew! That was an incredible ride. Your writing is phenomenal, Bonnie! ". . . fanged snarling demons of the soul" YIKES! This is the type of poem that nightmares are made of!
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