...Friends Unite...

This poem was a collaboration between myself and friends from Hello Poetry (the old site) It turned out better than I thought it would. I wanna try it again at the Cafe. I wrote the first stanza

I must admit
It's difficult to explain
What it is that drives me
What I keep in my brain
What keeps you from besting me
What's keeping me sane

I cannot deny
Nor dismiss
The fact that i have been drowning
In this emptiness.
In my room filled with air,
But void of bliss,
What's keeping you from besting me
Am I still sane? What if?

I must confess
There's an emptiness
Inside me, growing
Off my breath
It won't subside
I can't suppress
The walls around, they smell like death

Sometimes the madness
Comes for a visit
And then I lose sight
Of what once was my vision
The world around are the sane
So I hide away in my crazy one

I must convey
A piece of me
Delights in you
And this, in every way

Let's not delay
It's not whose best
That measures worth
Can't compare, this vast array

We've met halfway
This artful jest
As friends unite
It shall keep me sane today

Author's Note

JG (And friends from Hello Poetry), January 2011
Thank you to:
Sam Dickinson
Daniel Farnam
Chris G J Smith
and Lori Jean Vance
Thank you to all who gave a hand!
Hello Poetry....Rest In Peace

Reviews

[John Patrick Robbins AK..]

Dam fine write my friend hey theres one friend okay fiend from hello that would have loved to be included.
no not eliot gonzo well brother it was a dam fine write none the less keep posting and stay crazy.

[Chris Smith Welshpoetcs]

I remember this one, excellent to see it again my friend. (I wonder who that Chris G J Smith could be ; ) )