Locked

Locked in a box
No way out
Struggle
Scratch 
Claw
Nails breaking
Fingers bleeding 
Head throbbing
Mind Screaming
Heart pounding
Mouth dry
Lungs bursting
Gasping - air
Looking - light
Scraping 
Digging
Screaming 
Dying inside
Afraid outside
Locked
In-a-box -Jack
Wind me up 
Faster please
Where is the key
Where is the key
To sanity
Is only a state of 
m-i-n-d
b-e-n-d-i-n-g
The key















*Munch- "Scream".. he painted this after seeing me early one morning on first awakening- he kept that a secret- (joking of course)

Author's Note

nonsense and gibberish a dash of anxiety a hint of our world

Reviews

[Devons]

The painting and the poem fit one another perfectly. Although in my opinion the poem is more palatable. I like this sort of style and the sense of breathlessness that comes with the pace thickens the theme in itself. Rapid-fire lines and snapshot imagery also warms up the recipe of instability and confusion. And the kind of ambivalent conclusion brings out a discerning idea of insolubility. Leaves you asking "What is sanity?", which is a question I think we all should ask ourselves (at least once a day)...

[ice]

That is an odd picture to use as a prompt...and it certainly prompted an odd poem..Without the picture, the poem would be "nonsense and gibberish"
But the picture is of pure anxiety..and so the poem works

[Rossen]

"She puts on the lotion and puts it in the basket",
sweet gibberish fluttering overhead...
nice clawing nail breaking poetry to soothe and relax us...lol

[Winslow Des Totes]

It's funny how pleasant gibberish is when floating from a strangers tongue. I especially like the lines, "To sanity Is only a state of m-i-n-d b-e-n-d-i-n-g" Makes me smile! Very fun :)

[Fabric Pulse]

It allows you to explore each of our own hidden chambers as we get a peek at yours. The haunting which firmly grips your words here absorbs into our thought pattern as we read into the jungle. It begged for us readers to find out more about you as a writer and what makes you tick to be able to have such lines.

[cfix]

Bending the key, LOL...Mind bending hard enough where you can only claim insanity..I've seen insanity quite a bit. I can feel the steam and powerful full force ahead. Like this Chole, this is wonderful, not gibberish at all.

[Timtim]

i love the action description... Its just enough to create a beautiful image around. Awesome write

[Robin]

Breathe ~

frenzied , frantic - fantastc !

[Aidz]

Love where this took me.. great scribe