THE WILD BRAIN

THE WILD BRAIN

A Poem by Betty Hermelee
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what it can do PROMPT: RAVIN INK Group "The Wild"

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She is brilliant, active, creative, imaginative, opinionated

pretty

she loves conversation and can hold her own when it comes to literature, social issues, history

an activist for women, trans, the under-served

the homeless

that said, she shatters, under a spell of ghostly shadows

she can be in the cosmos in a split second

can purchase a piece of land in minutes

and buy a Mercedes upon a viewing

 

Neighbors despise her

in her most frenetic state of mind

she knocks on doors in wee hours of the morning

cannot sleep

counts pills to help

an hour or two of light slumber

more drugs

groggy, walks like a drunk

days of the wild mind

she believes she knows it all

 

Then it halts

back to her routine self

she sleeps, judges well

does not speed

speech not slurred

no more knocks at 2:00AM

she is mellow, knows she is back to earth

not of her own will, perhaps sad

 


© 2025 Betty Hermelee


Author's Note

Betty Hermelee
RAVIN INK

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I have known well this person. This one strikes close to the heart Betty. And to live with such a person? A lovely write.

Posted 2 Months Ago


Betty Hermelee

2 Months Ago

Thank you Soren for a very personal and kind review
Warmly, B
dear Betty.. these are the Times we become a Branch on a Weeping Willow... seeking out the treasures of Whippoorwills Romantic thrills. softly, Pat

Posted 2 Months Ago


Betty Hermelee

2 Months Ago

Yes indeed Pat until the wind stops!🌷
Thank you for your lovely review🌷
Warmly B.. read more
And my insomnia so often helps me relate to this....haven't gotten to the point of knocking on neighbors' doors at 2am, yet.

Posted 2 Months Ago


Betty Hermelee

2 Months Ago

Thank you J. for a great review🌷🌷
Insomnia is quite frequent us old folks
Warml.. read more
Just Wow on this one, Betty.
Makes me wonder which of the two she really is...which is her real self?


Posted 2 Months Ago


Betty Hermelee

2 Months Ago

Thank you J, I think she is both(unintentionally) an inspiring review🌷🌷Warmly
B
We are within a medicated generation and alarmingly a high number of those are not of their own choosing.
We have come so far with choice, but surprisingly not far enough when it comes to the right to choose for self and it is packaged as being for their own good, but is it really or is it just to save us from having to see her and others chap doors at silly o'clock and live a life unmedicated?
Compelling write Betty. Very thought provoking.

Posted 2 Months Ago


Betty Hermelee

2 Months Ago

Thank you Lorry for a great review!
Warmly B🌷🌷🌷

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Betty Hermelee
Betty Hermelee

Black Mountain, NC



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My love of poetry results from my love of art. As a painter I am able to express myself on a canvas. As a poet my words come from my heart, my moods, sometimes sad, mostly upbeat. I like to use vivid .. more..

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