Detox
Sleep is to seizure
As sleep is to fear,
Synapse short circuit
Overwhelming nightmare
Skin crawls
Paranoid itch
Heart pounding
Cardiac twitch
And then insomnia,
The plague that taunts the ear.
It’s possible to hear shadows
When night lasts for years
Things seem to get better,
Things seem to get worse.
Twitching clock arms
Cruel reminder of a curse
This is a punishment
self imposed isolation
pain equals enlightenment
a path to salvation
A contest entry
- just about anything :) by nobodys-girl.
300 points, ended April 10, 2008, 56 entries
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Comments
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this poem is amazing! i love the pictures it paints in ones mind! thankyou so much for entering my contest and good luck!
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This poem has nice imagery and also a nice rhyme scheme.
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sorry dear... I made a mistake.
This is only for new poems.
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this is amazing.
&& i hope to see
more from you.
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i liked this. strong structure, i also liked the rhyme scheme and the way it is subtle but still there enough to draw the reader's eye to certan words. also the lack of punctuation was interesting, sort of made it all run into itself and the breaks of stanzas were really effective. title was good as well. great poem. i like forward to reading more of your work.
oh and i love the picture.
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