Escaping Hysteria

A poem about survival.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Escaping Hysteria

Ashes remain after a burning

fire that has raged and waned.

A phoenix lifts his heavy head to view the hysteria.

Apologies are desired but never come at the right time.

Alive and awake is a yearning to escape this state of dementia.

Away from these tragic and blackened grounds he glides.

Aloof he is from the ties that bound him to this utopia.

A new day in a bright land and his senses

 are heightened and his hopes are rekindled.

Awakening his sense of self,

he has ended his darkest days of insomnia.

 

 

Reviews

[Angie Diane♥&hea..]

I think this was a very good poem. I agree that this piece was very deep as well. I liked this a lot. Thanks for sharing. :)

[Michael of Gilead]

I love how you've equated the crash burn and rise of the phoenix to what you are really speaking of

excellent Marie

[M Garcia]

I'd think it'd be difficult to describe what a phoenix must feel and think, but I'd imagine this is what one would think. Thank you for sharing.

[Short.Nerd]

This is very deep. Outstanding job(:

[Black Cat Fever]

Coming out of some sort of fog and waking up. Rising above it all. This is filled with excellent imagery and has several different routes the reader can travel on to find its meaning for them.

[Mauricio Montoya]

This piece has left me thinking about reality. A lot of times we rack are brains with the things around us that really have no substance. Excellent write.

[David W Moore III]

I like this piece from you. It has some more depth than some of your fun pieces and makes you sit back and think a bit. nice job

[KL]

This is probably one of my favourite pieces of writing from you, but I'd watch your use of periods at the end of each sentence because it hampers the flow. Maybe have a little more variety. Regardless, an amazing poem... we all face those sink-or-swim moments that define as human beings, and even moreso individuals. This captures that moment.

[TAO]

Ah...that's where we want to be, instead of being the not so sleeping-living-dead. Awesome work, yet again, and taken from the other extreme we are beginning to see in your mind. You are a circle, encompassing every single angle. Well done.

[sarah]

This is cool!