Memories are burning me.

Madness at its core.

 

Mommy and daddy fight again,

where do I hide my friend.

I hide under the sink,

bothered by the constant leak.

The sounds of violence bringing tears,

to young Johnny,full of fears.

Memories are burning me

hurting me crushing me.

I could perhaps be happy and free,

if not for my lovely memories.

Growing up on rice and beans,

made teen Johnny hunger lean.

I learned the world was unkind,

for a boy with a sick mind.

I tried to live without a care,

but I heard voices everywhere.

Memories are burning me,

hurting me crushing me.

I could perhaps be happy and free,

if not for my lovely memories.

As a young man I lived a life,

of drugs,war and ghetto strife.

I was just trying to fit in,

but against this madness I could not win.

So underneath my laughing tree,

I screamed at demons you could not see.

When they found out my mind was so,

to the nuthouse I would go.

The shrinks could not come to my aid,

after all these years I'm still afraid.

Under the sink I no longer fit,

so I guess I'll have to live with it.

Memories are burning me,burning me,burning me.
 

Author's Note

Ignore grammer I'm still drunk.

Reviews

[Kimberly S]

thanks for the review.. i swore offf writers cafe..for a couple years after the big erase.. but here i am again.. good writing.. but also sad. And so familiar. Hiding.. trying to keep whats in the back drawers of your memory safe and under lock. But here it is.. so sad and depressing. We gotta get past that though and let the memories burn the ones who made them. dont worry bout the grammar.. we all write drunk at times.. lol

[wolfshrew]

raw is a really good way to describe this.
memories definitely do burn.

[Holly]

I hear the rhythm give me a beat and we gonna see this song is sweet... Nice word plays up there you should be all rap guy.

[Through the Gateway]

An incredibly dark and heart-wrenching piece. The downward spiral of a boy who became a man, trying desperately to fight the demons of memory within him.

A very good write.

[cest la vie]

This is an incerible write. Raw, in your face, heartbreaking.. I'm not sure how to review this... I think I will simply say, for you to write a piece this fine, you are wonderfully sane...This is dark and beautiful. dark for the pain, beautiful for your voice still railing. Excellent!!

Lynne

[Mjr. Tom]

I liked this alot, Very well done :)

[Avoiry]

i like this very much definitely gains consideration . The mind workings make sense as it is all conditioning. Well done.

[.abigail.]

This is quite good! I usually don't like rhyming in poetry, but this suited the subject matter and added to the sense of madness. I relate a bit to this, since my memories are also painful. Keep up the good work!