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Psycho Neurosis
I’m not paranoid,
People are just out to get me
Losing my sense of,
My touch with reality
I think I’m a god,
A deity above all others
Prophetic dreams, and
Nightmares that smother
Everything hurts,
I can’t breathe
Begging, pleading
For something to relieve
This feeling
Of psychoneurosis
What’s real,
And what’s not?
What is fact,
And what is thought?
I can’t think clearly,
Sporadic
Can’t talk right
Thoughts nomadic
Memory’s failing me
The ghosts grab onto
My body
Mood’s swinging
Up, down
Over, around
Through and out
Smile, and frown
Grin, and pout
Is it even neurosis at this point?
Is it psychosis?
Psycho Neurosis?
Man, I should really talk to my doc,
But I don’t trust her
She’ll think I’m crazy,
Which I am, but they can’t know
Time-bomb clock tick tock
I miss her,
Thoughts hazy
Does it show?
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I believe this piece really concludes the neurosis quatrain-collection, as the mind slips in and out of reality. Was it psychosis, or neurosis? The pacing of the poem, and word choice was intended to demonstrate the roller-coaster of thoughts, and emotions one experiences throughout psychosis/neurosis. Some parts are coherent, and intellectual. Others childish, and lacking sense.
I decided to break up the word, “Psychoneurosis” which is another word for neurosis, for a reason. The poem is about both, and can be categorized as a more psychotic version of typical-neurosis. Hence the title, as it is a “psycho” neurosis. I’ve been basing a lot of these poems around my personal experiences, and feelings, and figured I’d come clean about that. Most of my poems are about me, although I usually don’t describe them that way. They are my thoughts, and my feelings. This is the last poem in the book I am writing, and I think it may be the last poem I submit to TeenInk. If I come up with more ideas, I'll submit them, but for now I'm drawing blanks.