I think, perhaps you should take a reality check,
take a step back and stop asking, “What the heck?”
You could probably take a chill pill or two
while you’re at it, and maybe some amphetamine too.
I want you to stop saying you’re hearing voices in your head
and sadly, the case is that you’re better off dead.
I want you to stay strong, stay sober, the best is to stay alive,
regardless, the onus is on you to remember you’ve still got a life.
I’ll hold the fort for you while you’re down,
but it won’t be for ever for I’m not your clown.
I’ll paint whatever flowers or stars that you desire,
just so you won’t extinguish that tiny flickering fire.
To know the truth, to look deep into your heart,
one day, I’ll know all the answers, but that’s when we’re apart.
Right here, right now, nothing else matters,
I just want you to get better so we can be together forever.
I think maybe I’m better off dead
so you’ll stop hearing all these voices in your head.
Maybe you still can continue on with that story
of the perfect girl, basking in all her glory.
Maybe I’m just a slight disruption,
living in your veins like a parasitic corruption.
It’s not easy to be me, but I know it hurts like hell
to be you, pretending to be well.
It’s like a sore that won’t ever heal,
the kind of things that we all got to deal.
The pain that opened the stars to tears,
the destruction of our hopes, and the realization of fears.
We’re all living in a world of hopeless meaning,
and meaningless hope, nerves fraying and lives thinning.
We’re stuck in between the Alive and Dead,
for eternity, listening to these voices dancing in our heads.
I’m telling you, you have to get better
before things get sadder, and everyone gets madder.
I’ll be by your side, shuffling that deck of cards,
I’ll piece back everything that was broken into shards.
I’m that calm voice telling you everything is all right,
and when you go to sleep tonight, you’ll dream of me all night.
The things in our heads, are myriad and varied, alive not dead.
They tell a story, write a song, hum a poem—drat, things in our heads.
Author notes
24. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pain: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world. ~C.S. Lewis
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A contest entry
- Quote Inspired: Life Lessons by Metaphorist.
900 points, ended December 31, 2008, 11 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Make Me Feel Again by lilblueeyesmine1978.
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On, and on, and on it goes... Does it ever end? Do the voices ever stop?
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I’m that calm voice telling you everything is all right,
and when you go to sleep tonight, you’ll dream of me all night.
The things in our heads, are myriad and varied, alive not dead.
They tell a story, write a song, hum a poem—drat, things in our heads.
we all need these voices that reassure us that we a re loved and that we are someone that would be missed if we were no longer here thanks for sharing this.
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Interesting. Love the flow and feel of it. Thank you for entering and best of luck. Happy New Year as well!
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Hmm.. You m ight want to recheck the rules before judging... You forgot something in the AN. You also didn't tell me which option...
About your write...Since I'm not sure which option you chose... I'll say that I'm guessing this write is about missing someone... and they are down in the dumps.. depressed as hell.
There's a bit of imagery in this piece, I can see it from the words you've penned.
You've done a great job with this one.
Thanks for entering and good luck in the contest.
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well.. this is certainly unlike anything i've seen on here in awhile
the first line caught my eye. i especially liked the ninth stanza "I’ll be by your side, shuffling that deck of cards,
I’ll piece back everything that was broken into shards." beautiful flow. descriptive imagery. This was masterful.
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this is an amazing poem...i dont know what else to say. its sad and to want to help someone so much...i know how painful it can be. great write.
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