A Child's House of Madness

. come with me .

                                and i am not afraid of you

i've been left behind

before

forgotten

unattended 

left to rot

i have survived 

worse

none the less

jerks

in spite of that

and other things

i am this

reflex-
-remembered-

     thing

and driven,

with vigor 

spite

rage

      and anger-

-due to that

now I am. . . pure

from something broken

armored on the outside 

burning violently inside

on my own now

in my own way

even beyond the bad taste

my std's

absurd tendencies 

and every other unjust action. . .

undertaken

i will still be waiting

the hard way
pathologically
in my only way

for something fitting. . .

  even if-

-it consumes me

                                    i am afraid of me

Author's Note

Reviews

[grimfukle]

Interesting. I enjoyed the circle this completes, and the pathology along the way.

[AYVID N]

We all deserve the things we want out of life, however broken and angry we may seem to ourselves, something fitting, as you say.

I can feel the rage barely restrained, the gnawing need to hope in despair, very palpable. The choice of words conveys it very effectively.

Such ferocity within can be contained only fleetingly. Gives the feeling of a fragile, weekly forged calm before a storm.

[Chris Shaw]

A rather frightening account of what it would be like to walk in your shoes as a child. Even you are afraid of you and yet you do not appear to be fearful of anyone else. You have your wall of protection around you while you burn fiercely inside, and I feel the heat from that fire across the pond. Your first lines set the scene and it is one that's ugly from any decent mother's perspective. Forgotten, unattended, left to rot. A recipe for a volcanic eruption. Powerful writing.

This may not be you at all and may be a bit of fiction.

Chris

[Bunni]

I felt every word. You are very talented

[Davidgeo]

You sound like my mother.

Ha. I kid. Thanks for the praise rabbit.

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

I like this a lot
Very strong

[Davidgeo]

How do you feel about a movie called "wolf creek"?