Getting a fix in bedlam.
Not avoiding nightmares yet.
There was once,
When your fingers were
Quick like flickering flames
Next to the trigger.
Now you lay on pungent sheets,
Head cocked back
And drooling the hum of the
Shallow florescent lights.
Stale bread,
Ravaged to pieces by a momentary lapse
Now festers on your chest.
Binge on the bottle,
That doesn’t exist.
Draw in the poison that never was
Fuck their painted smiles,
You will be real to yourself.
Start an anthem to prove
Your sanity in the world of the insane.
Author notes
Prompt- bedlam
A contest entry
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Comments
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I love it! You showed much emotion and it was great! Thank you for entering and good luck in my contest!!!
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some very dark images here, nicely worded. thank you for entering!
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Very nicely worded. This has some vivid imagery in in and I really like that. Thanks so much for entering this into my contest! Best wishes to you! Good luck!
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i reeally like this one, the emotions are so strong,
your writing style is quite unique -
Fuck their painted smiles... AMEN
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