Insanity

I wrote this after going to the city, there was one particular man there who seemed completely lost in madness. This came to me.

Insanity, insanity

gets in my brain

Insanity, insanity

drives me insane

 

Mutterings and murmurings

over again

when will this craziness

ever end

 

How did I get here

alone in the dark

The world looks so bleak

so cold and so stark

 

Once I knew love

I had found the one

But now I am nothing

but a homeless bum

 

It was the drugs that did it

they messed with my mind

sent my neurotransmitters

spinning out of time

 

Now I live in confusion

nothings the same

This bloody insanity

Has made me insane

 

Reviews

[Mir]

I think this is my favorite poem of yours! I loved the rhyming and just the whole thing was great! :D
'this bloody insanity, has made me insane' Those ones were like the statement of the whole poem! Maybe because it's the last part, but it stood out the most! Great job!

[Carolann Dowsett]

Thank you, I'm glad you liked it. :)

[KeeD]

intense and .. i loved the line sent my neurotransmitters spinning out of time.. :) just shows your writing is so diverse and current.

[Carolann Dowsett]

Thank you :)

[Gomer LePoet]

This is just crazy lol. at least you have plenty of company in the world of Zany, many of the writers here I believe are on the very precipice of going down the hole to visit with Alice. thanks for sharing :)

[Dream Weaver]

All aboard! Perfect description of insanity!

[Carolann Dowsett]

True, not a good place to be.

[Dream Weaver]

It's amazing how insanity seems to be in everyone's vocabulary these days..Could be a world gone mad in the future? Oh wait the world has already gone mad! lol

[Carolann Dowsett]

Actually I think it has, well a lot of it anyway. Something in the water maybe? :)

[Dream Weaver]

Yes in the water, possibly PCB's released in the waters from the days of old?

[Carolann Dowsett]

Oh don't even get me started lol I'm off to sleep now, been nice chatting. See you tomorrow maybe :)

[Dream Weaver]

Okay I'll wait for tomorrow to get you started, and the same here Carolann :)

[Carolann Dowsett]

:) Night

[Aly]

Carolann, great job!
I love this.
I was pieced together so perfectly and flowed really well.

Aly

[Carolann Dowsett]

Thank you so much Aly. :)

[Sarahthirk]

Interesting. I love the rhyming and how the syllables match up. It's very smooth. This reminds me of some people I know. You did a nice job going inside the mind of someone who is struggling. :)

[Carolann Dowsett]

Thank you :)

[Brett Michael Wagner]

Very nice. It almost has a lyrical quality to it. I saw alot of myself in this piece. I've been homeless and struggle with addiction as well. I have a hard time figuring out why I do the things I do to myself and often question my sanity. Thank you for sharing.

[Carolann Dowsett]

Wow ok your welcome. I'm glad it spoke to you somehow and I hope you sort things out.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Amazing just how many insane people are left out there alone sonce community care began. Nice observation and well portrayed.

[Carolann Dowsett]

Thank you :)

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

When I see homeless people I cannot help but wonder their story, cause you know at one time they were like us, with job and home. Are they on the streets because it is their fault or someone else's, still it breaks my heart every time.

[Carolann Dowsett]

Yes and same, from what I know from the one's I've spoken very often drugs or alcohol is to blame. Though these days more families are ending up on the streets due to the cost of living being too high. That is something entirely different. This one that I saw was lost in madness and on something there was no doubt about that.