Insomnia Beats

Must bleed - obligation
Wash your teeth, spit the
sun-coloured liquid
Triggering corruption - flush and hide
So typical routine on a daily basis

Smiles for free while unnoticed
the moaning noise
suddenly cracks

Silence is my servant when
Bones and flesh sleep foetus-like
Conscience takes me deep down and I see
Mirrors to muscles and bones, relics

What's your name, am I
called Fear - no answer; no direction
Words are strong enough to make us free

Strange like a rare deficience
Repulsive true taboos
Have to change, change, change
Chain and poison all around
Try to escape - eternity

Weddings and morgues
Scentless, white, sterilized and so serene -
Sweet ethanol all around
And flowers - "God bless you!"

Insomnia beats, music is magic
It saved me from the other me
Insomnia beats, love is tragic
It stole the light from the sun
To burn our souls -
Passive passion

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Mar 16, 2011

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Reviews

[Miss Coral]

Really interesting piece; your style is definitely intriguing. You have a nice vocabulary in some parts though in others I think that you could probably use words that create a more consistent tone and lend to the emotion rather than just being factually accurate.
I love the imagery you've created here, especially in phrases like "sun-coloured liquid" because they trigger so many connotations and emotions in little words that really helps along the poem.

I'd say that my main two problems with this (not problems, persay, but things I think could be improved) were the flow and punctuation.
The flow of this piece is extremely shaky. It needs to pour out into the reader's mind, and there were so many phrases that sounded odd when pulled together that it just didn't work. I think that one big thing you could to help this is what I'm going to talk about in my next point.
Your punctuation is confusing here. First of all, there's a major lack of punctuation marks within the actual text, which I would strongly suggest adding for rhythm's sake, but the capitalization. I don't know if you had reason for capitalizing this in the manner that you did, but I found the erratic-ness and inconsistency really distracting.

Aside from those things, great piece. Definitely rich. Lemme know if you have any questions or anything. c:

[Karina Longo]

@Miss Coral, thanks a lot for such a rich review. :) It's nice when people actually have something to say/discuss about your piece. All your views are extremely appreciated.
About the punctuation, it's merely my style, even though you won't see all of my poems written like that. Quite a few, yes, but not all of them. I'd say they have a bit of influence from other poet's styles such as Emily Dickinson's and Sylvia Plath's and to be honest I'm not very keen on creating a 'nice and neat' poem all the time, although I understand what you mean and totally respect your opinion. :) Thank you again.

[Just Brooke]

Wow this is so cool! It has rhythm and the rhymes are awesome. I loved the last stanza!

[Doreen]

It has a Tim Burton feel. It's all over the place and all happening at once.

[Miss Sally Sunshine]

I don't really know what to say, other than it's not one of my favorites. I only really like the last stanza. I get the meaning of the poem and everything, I just don't love it.

[Coyote Poetry]

"Strange like a rare deficience
Repulsive true taboos
Have to change, change, change
Chain and poison all around
Try to escape - eternity"
I love how you use the language of English. You create some wild visions with your words. No weakness in the poem. Kind of poem you want to read again. A excellent poem.
Coyote

[Geralyn Miller]

Frightening, the power of insomnia; and you tell it's terrifying tale so well.
As a fellow insomniac, I can relate. Have you ever been unable to sleep for three or four nights in a row, to the point you cry for no reason at all and get lost trying to find the bathroom in the 1500 sq ft house you have lived in for twenty years? It is absolutely horrible.

[Richard Williams]

Vivid and imaginative, sharp edged imagery. Quite memorable.

[Sherbs Dreaming Tree Of..]

Beautiful poem!