Friday 12 February 2016

Wicked Times

This week I somehow just opened a word document, and started typing out a poem. Just like that. Now it isn't my best work, but considering I'm now writing poems (yes, hope to make it continue by using present tense) after years of inaction, I think it's not half bad. I do realise I could still improve it if I spent some more time on it, but if I do that, I will risk never end up posting it, so I'm going ahead with imperfection for the sake of prolificacy. Anyway, here it is. Enjoy-

Wicked Times


In wicked times like these
When your mind plays tricks on me
I feel sick and uneasy inside
Dizzy and brain-fried

Voices in my head
Screaming, whispering, devilish
Confusing me, leading me
 farther
Down into the pits of consciousness
Where dreams swirl in fogs
And my stomache churns
As I’m pushed down
Down, down into the abyss
sound ceases to exist
thoughts turn to dust
I break the invisible chain
And thrust myself up

Finding you in the light
Smirking, head cocked slight
Puzzles and riddles, and laughs
as if I've committed a gaffe

With each ordeal, I wear
My shadow dims, and voice thins
But I love the game
so I come back for more