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Psycho Neurosis

February 5, 2024
By King_KDA ELITE, Burlington, Washington
King_KDA ELITE, Burlington, Washington
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Favorite Quote:
"Numquam finitur, donec vita finiatur."
- K. D'Angelo Alexander


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?


The author's comments:

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.


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