Alan Garfoot
Alan Garfoot
Jul 30, 2023
This poem is part of the contest:

Neopoem Of The Week July 24 To July 29th 2023

Breakdown Impending

In the chaos of my fragmented damaged mind,
Will feeling so torn in it's tainted nature so dark,
Like somebody corrupted the original design,
And turned to waste what was once a true art.

Wandering through wastelands of soul desolation,
My broken heart beaten through a life of such woe,
My spirit cries out drowning in seas of suffocation,
Overcome by trauma of a lifetime of such sorrow.

My consciousness damaged by the spiritual wounds,
Inflicted in envy through a burning desire to destroy,
My ambitions now immolated by fire are consumed,
As just another one of idealisms damaged worn toys.

As I wake to a misery that rots to the core with despair,
My being now so broken by the damaged life I pursued,
Accepting the cursed scars of a fate to not heal or repair,
My birthright to suffer for the joy of others being abused.

About This Poem

Review Request Intensity: I appreciate moderate constructive criticism

Editing Stage: Editing - rough draft

About the Author

Region, Country: England, UK

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Comments

Geezer

that you pay such attention to the punctuation at the end of your lines, yet the
in-sentence punctuation is completely missing. I would expect that there would be commas in between
descriptive terms on your subjects and the continuation of an idea.

Example:
fragmented, damaged mind.
damaged, worn toys

Depending on how you mean, or if you mean, [Will]
I would use a comma after it.

My broken heart[,] beaten through a life of such woe.

My spirit cries out[,] drowning in seas of suffocation

The use of the word damaged so many times, suggests that you may have a limited vocabulary,
[I don't think that,] but it is suggested. Try to find another word to use at least a time or two.

A story of the trauma inflicted upon your psyche, which has produced a [damaged] human-being.
The last few lines are unclear as to who they abusers were. A good piece, it just needs a little work. ~ Geezer.
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RoseBlack

No matter how we try to break the cycle, it always seems to be on repeat- this is a really good piece that really resonates. I am interested to see the final piece. Well done.