Spinning Avoidance
A poem by Lena.
Author's note: As I was typing the lines of this poem, the song in my headphones changed. Suddenly amidst these thoughts I am writing, the words being sung in my head by the band The Weepies find themselves entangling themselves into my poetry without my permission. In honor of this beautifully sad and inspirational song, I have included the link to their song via Youtube. (CLICK HERE)Feel free to listen to the song as you read this poem, and you will be fully immersed into both the artists' minds and my own. And credits issued to the band for their extra inspiration and quotes included within the poem.🖤
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These books I should be studying
Lie open in front of me, untouched
My interest in these areas has been forsaken
As the raw emotions and painful thoughts
Overtake me and bring the tears that burn
Pen in hand, I sit trying to focus
Earthquakes, groundwater, sedimentary rocks
These geological features that once held
My determined and interested focus
Now blur into the white of the glaring screen
The song plays, “I wake up and wish I was dead”
From a band named The Weepies, I’d expect nothing less
“The whole world is moving, and I’m standing still”
How is it that a single song can reach into my soul
And pull out the little pieces that rest inside
That I thought belonged solely and only to me?
Not so unique in my regrets and desperations
The pen in my hand starts moving furiously
I read the writing that flows without my intention
Words unrelated to intellectual studies
Fill the pages in front of me, and I’m left to wonder
As I read these depressive hollowed out grooves
Will these words be any more worthwhile
Than the forgotten studies I once pursued
These natural inclinations and far-fetched aspirations
Are draining my insides leaving indentations
And abandoned hope of careful mediations
“And with an aching in my head”
I sit here and watch as “the world spins madly on”
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About the Creator
Lena Folkert
Alaskan Grown Freelance Writer 🤍 Lover of Prose
Former Deckhand & Barista 🤍 Always a Pleaser & Eggshell-Walker
Lifelong Animal Lover & Whisperer 🤍 Ever the Student & Seeker
Traveler 🤍 Dreamer 🤍 Wanderer
Happily Lost 🤍 Luckily in Love
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