Continuing on dictionary poetry (mental hospital edition.)
Daze
Blurry and unclear.
While I'm here at the hospital it's been helpful to know this will all be a blurry memory someday.
These moments will feel hazy when looking back.
All the rainy days will be remembered as a point of change.
Echoic
Resembling an echo.
Today's experiences ring of days past.
I've hit these low spots more than I'd like to admit.
Foster
To promote growth.
With events in passing days I'm hoping I can grow like a rose in a garden.
I've planted my roots into the soil,
Now's time to head towards the sun.
Goodbye
Used to express farewell.
To become the man I want to be I must say goodbye to the person I once was.
I say goodbye to the kid who told many lies and relied on unnatural highs to feel okay.
I say goodbye to lonely mornings and days filled with clouds.
I welcome a new way of life.
Hippie
A nonconformist.
The summer ahead of me,
Tie dye shirts and crystal necklaces,
Thrifting a shirt from San Francisco or Woodstock,
Painting photos of mushrooms and clouds,
Spending time with people that remind me of the sun,
Meditating in the woods and feeling the ground beneath my feet,
Focusing on my beliefs of god and spiritual,
Feeling the love of the trees and flowers.
Swimming under the big bright sun,
Reading books of meditation and tales of those that live in vans,
Creating memories that I know I'll smile looking back on.
Summer can't come soon enough.
Irenic
Peaceful.
Today I feel as if my mind is full of bees,
I can feel the buzzing against my skull,
But something brings me peace imagining myself as a tree in a great big field of flowers,
I see the bright pink and orange radiating from the tulips.
I can feel the wind wrestling in my branches and leaves.
I sense the love from the sun and the sky.
I know my roots are planted deeply in the ground,
Bringing me towards earth once again.
Java
Coffee.
It's funny to think of the things we take for granted,
Since coming to the hospital I've missed coffee shops and lattes.
I've started to miss the sweet cream and even the bitter espresso.
I reminisce on my time spent in cafes with a milky americano.
Kind
Of similar type or class.
Feeling like the only one is isolating at best.
Knowing if you shared the experiences you live every day you'd receive a gawk in return is a pain that stings like no other.
While I can say that I'd remember my experiences at the hospital happily, it's nice to know we all share a similar pain.
Locket
A necklace with a photo on the inside of the charm.
For me meditation is like a locket with a photo of my best friend on the inside.
When my car breaks down in the pouring rain I can look into my heart of gold and be reminded of his face again.
Moonbeam
The light of the moon.
The hour of this night is filled with darkness,
Everywhere I look is an endless black.
But it's times like this I look to the moon,
I turn to the moon for the reflection of the sun,
And hopes for a better tomorrow.
Nonsense
Something that is difficult to understand.
A wise woman once told me that my mind is not a friendly neighborhood,
And while I'm glad to inhabit the brain I do I couldn't agree more.
My inner world, when left alone, is amazing at generating many dishonest tales.
My mind tells me that I'm better off isolated,
When I love the people I do more than life itself.
My mind tells me that I'm going nowhere,
When I have so many hopes for the future.
While I acknowledge my radio station of a brain,
I'll tune into my favorite radio stations.
Oddity
Strange.
Although I'll remember my experience at the hospital as a strange one,
I'll look back happily to have met the people I did.
I'll remember Daisy by her pink hair and artistic essence.
I'll remember Jam by her energetic personality.
I'll remember lapis by her quiet wisdom.
Lastly, I'll remember seaside by her welcoming aura.
Pluvian
Having much rain.
As the sky pours the rain fills my boots and leaves me with a cold, bitter feeling.
It leaves me wishing I never came outside today.
But I must remind myself,
When the puddles go for miles,
The sun will soon soak up the droplets and come out again.
Quiz
To test the knowledge of.
I think what my time at the hospital taught me was that even the rainest days can be a lesson.
These few days have been a lesson on hope,
It's shown me that after the storm comes is when the flowers bloom.
It's highlighted that resilience can get you through just about anything,
It's the holding on that gets you through.
I've learned lessons on honesty,
No bell rings quite like the truth.
I've come to understand lessons on connections,
In the end it's the connections you made that matter the most.
Last, but not least,
It's that poetry can be written just about anywhere.
Tea box
A box intended to hold tea.
On my first day of being at the hospital I'd felt as if I'd had a large up of chamomile,
I was so drowsy that I could barely keep my eyes open.
I remember it in a haze.
My second day was like a cup of green tea,
I felt more myself than I had since arriving.
Today was a lovely cup of matcha milk tea,
I'm like a clover under the bright sun.
Uncloud
To remove clouds from.
Before a recent turn of events my vision was clouded by many things.
Many things that stopped me from seeing the sun when I looked up for guidance.
As nature has it, soon came the pour.
There was a rain that lasted for days.
Rain flooded my entire life and washed away all I knew.
The water droplets against my roof kept me up for days on end.
But one morning I woke up to see the sun shining bright,
The rain brought life to my clovers and flowers.
So when the rain comes again,
Because I know it will,
I will know in my heart the sunny days aren't gone.
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Letters from sixteen
PoetryA poetry book I wrote during periods of my life with many different facets. I wrote about happy moments, addiction, and trauma, the book becomes more depressing as it goes on. I choose the title "letters from sixteen" to capture how I wanted to capt...
