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NealiG

Sometimes

Poem

Sometimes

it seems

As though everything

is as bad as

it could ever get

Sometimes

it seems

That whenever

a direction

has been chosen

It’s towards

Consumption

Meaninglessness

Literalness

Emptiness

Vacuousness

Deathly life of not living

Merely

Consuming

Adhering

Maintaining

Giving up

Letting go

There’s nothing

Nothing

I believe in

Nothing

I value

Nothing

I want

Nothing

I can offer

Nothing

Nothing

Nothing

epigenetics https://www.reddit.com/r/OCPoetry/comments/uba9m4/epigenetics/i62zghk/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3

Gaining perspective https://www.reddit.com/r/OCPoetry/comments/uab2ww/gaining_perspective/i62w72c/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3

Posted Apr 25, 2022, 3:00 AM UTC · edited

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irecursion1•

I relate. You need to double enter on Reddit, otherwise the lines aren’t separated. Great job. It is easy to get stuck in the system-the work, the actions, places, thoughts. But in our thoughts is the ultimate freedom, and by creating poetry you have already begun to show that you have a raw creative power within you. Feed your creativity, get some sleep, and don’t give up. Everyone has their own personal source of creativity that they can channel-don’t let yours be blocked. Keep it alive.

I find that, oddly enough, I free myself from literal-ness, ect. by embracing it for a time. That way I grapple with the reality but allow for my creativity to go wild within certain bounds. Often the thing we most want to escape is ourselves, so the only way out is to embrace it.

Support and love from Reddit! Thank you for sharing. It was beautiful, a gift. Keep writing.

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NealiGOP•

Thanks, useful!

Yes literalness, I liked what you said about freeing oneself by embracing it for a time - definitely something in that.

And thanks for the advice Re double returns!

I guess I’m starting to use some of these sort of ‘in the moment’ poems to process and/or work through (and to some extent ‘free myself’) from intense reactions…

I’m not sure what it means to share these poems here (or whether it’s a gift!) but thanks for feedback!

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