William Saint George
William Saint George
Apr 03, 2013

Pills, Restlessness & Prosody

An overdose of pills,
of heartache
and a nap
on the shrink's arm chair.

There's too much
to focus on;
so little time
to think on it.

It's like
an Olympic dash,
but the track extends
to the far future.

And I hear it doesn't end.

When there are no storms
to draw one's fancy,
one looks within,
at the hurricane;
in the mirror
a gorgon stares back blankly.

This is not a masquerade,
this is life.

About This Poem

Last Few Words: Me right now.

Style/Type: Free verse

Review Request Direction: What did you think of my title?
How was my language use?
Is the internal logic consistent?

Review Request Intensity: I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back

Editing Stage: Editing - rough draft

About the Author

Region, Country: Ghana, GHA

Favorite Poets: William Shakespeare

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Comments

Ian.T

I liked this piece, just that most of the AND's could be thrown away where it would not change the poem at all:-

Oh! for a perfect mirror,
If you see what I mean, Yours Ian.T

PS:- Your edit has made this shine out...

William Saint George

Thanks Ian. I'm in the habit of using the conjunction. I probably won't be so hard on it, as your rewrite wants me to. The disconnect, I feel, is not in the poem's best interest.

Nonetheless, the remarkable change does prove a strong point. You're not the first to note it.

I'll remove as many as I deem unnecessary. Thanks for pointing it out. :-)

Note how I avoided the word... *wink*

Ian.T

Was a little harsh on removing them all but what a joy to include the word "And" in some places LOL. I always thought a Conjunction was when my sat nav told me to go the wrong way at a cross roads.
Take care Yours Ian.T

godshouldnthave

But instead of pills....you should eat some mushrooms and look into a mirror. You might find that gorgons are gorgeous creatures after all. Maybe you have just been programmed to think they are hideous. What would you do with a finish line anyways?

_Danny

William Saint George

I'm ok without mushrooms for now. :) Yes, we've been programmed to think they are hideous. We can be programmed to think of them as angels :)

A finish line is where this race finally ends, and we can sit back and watch the others do what we've done. It's rest and respite Danny, what we want.

Thanks for your comment.

F

Really like all the images a Nd they were unbelievably harsh but true. Thanks or no thanks?

Rula

Scenes of life's dilemma. Who's NOT in?
Bravo!!

William Saint George

I'm glad you liked it. "Scenes" tells me you thought the imagery was good enough to describe life's dilemma. This is when I get very honest with my poetry.