Round And Round It Goes
Where it stops, nobody knows
I had a great day yesterday
But now it’s over and done,
The fearful torment to begin
Thoughts can’t be outrun.
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Did I say something wrong
Did I embarrass you at all,
Did I maybe talk too much
Will I be invited for a recall?
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Round and round it goes
As I crucify myself silently,
For all I may have done
Thoughts clash violently.
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How to look them in the eye
At all they’d be thinking,
Judging me so very harshly
Without even blinking.
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Why didn’t I stay home
To save me from feeling,
I’ll spend these few days
Emotionally reeling.
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It’s not worth the cause
To have a great day of fun,
Then the next few days
My hateful thoughts do run.
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I know, I really do know
They don’t think I’m bad,
Most of it is in my head
But I just feel so very sad.
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They will not hate me at all
But try convincing my head,
As I detest all I did, believing
It’s what I deserve instead.
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Every time I decide to mingle
Put myself through the wringer,
I do it time and time again
And the torture will linger.
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Nothing more that I can do
Except ride out this phase,
Spend it hoping and praying
It will only last a few days.
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Colleen Millsteed
My first love is poetry — it’s like a desperate need to write, to free up space in my mind, to escape the constant noise in my head. Most of the time the poems write themselves — I’m just the conduit holding the metaphorical pen.
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Good poem!