Poetry / Placebo

Manic depression and self-induced hysteria,

Mental anxiety and inner contamination,

Thoughts rebelling against conformity of normality,

Metamorphosis to schizophrenic within seconds.

Eyes open jostling up and down,

Like some wide awake REM gone wrong,

Images blur and movement runs anticlockwise,

Hands constantly fidgeting breaking the skin.

Relishing at the thought of some blood,

Then panicking at the very sight of it,

Running outside waving hands frantically,

Finally stopped by the front of a car.

Hospital bed cold damp and stringent,

Soon the anaesthetisation will begin,

Needle upon needle of numerous qualities,

That will make my epidemic decease.

Temporarily my state veers towards comatose,

Mouth unable to interject with anything audible,

Doctors and other agents of medicinal do-gooders,

Probe and test verging on the profane.

‘This kid has a mental problem’,

I knew that long before you did,

Experts diagnosing me professionally,

Pity I already knew more than them.

‘I recommend the blue pills’,

Blue pills that sounds ominous,

‘We are going to make you right’,

I am not a car that needs a little oil.

‘These pills will remove your problems’,

Of course it is as easy as that,

It amazes me that some pills and needles,

Is all it takes to cure people.

Pills swallowed needles perforated,

Pushed around now in my wheelchair,

I cannot help but feel that this,

Can only emphasis my problems.

Weeks later and I am set free,

Time to go home and relax,

They think they have cured me,

But I have my suspicions.

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January 08, 2007

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I love this poem!!!! I love the raw emotion that you conveyed. I can totally relate to it. I think you spelled emphasize wrong, (but I don’t think what I just gave you was the right spelling of the word.)So much sarcasm blended in with a good sense of description. This is going on my favorites! Awesome job!!!