Teeter Totter

Sanity - what is sanity?

Am I crazy? I don't know so.
But the crazy hardly do.
Am I crazy? I don't hope so.
Though the mental often do.

Am I sane? I sure hope so
Though the bent sure hope so too.
Am I Insane? I don't feel so
Though the lunatics seldom do.

I seem crazy? Sometimes.
My own thoughts cryptic hosts.
I seem sane? Sometimes.
The mouth does move as most.
I see things? Never.
In dark I fear no ghosts.
I know things? Sometimes.
But not as cursed oft boast.

Is it common,
amongst calm men;
To question sanity?
Is it rare,
as despair;
to question cruvs of thee?
What is sane,
amidst pain;
A sheet of baltic glass?
Inane?
Or restrained?
The beast abashed to bask.

Bashing 'gainst the skull as if guardsmen wait at the door.
What's this rapping,
what's this tapping,
coming 'midst the chamber tour?

And though I fear no ghosts, aloft
"There must be something more."
Than the clapping,
Than the snapping,
Coming from beats four by four.

Am I crazy? I don't think so. I don't think so, no I don't.
Am I sane? I don't know so, my thoughts are lost at coast.

So, what am I?
Enigma?
Or a man as lost as most?
But what's that tapping,
what's that rapping?
In dark I brook no ghosts.

Author's Note

A cruv is a word of my own creation, I realized there were not many names for certain types of thoughts, so I created one of my own. I think I'm going to go through and name more thoughts later.

Cruv (N) - A fleeting thought; often dismissed or forgot.

With that, Please enjoy the poem!

Reviews

[Renée]

Very interesting ! twisty turney..like our minds do sometimes ..

[Deandra Dawn]

I love this! I love the whole idea behind it, the form and the flow. You did an amazing job. I had a smile on my face the entire time...both times I read it :)