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maroon92

Lost and Found

Poem

I’ve lost my mind and I can’t find it.

I don’t know where it has gone.

It’s gone missing before—even that one was a loan.

I think it has a mind of its own.

Maybe someone’s seen it roaming around trying to find a place where it belongs.

Maybe they took pity on me, turned it into lost and found.

On my way, with hope I pray, that I shall feel whole once again.

But to my dismay, I’m a minute too late, for they have closed for the day.

Another day feeling incomplete.

Just like that time before.

Only now I have wine to fill the hole that was once my mind.

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Posted Sep 12, 2022, 3:14 AM UTC

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poesiesusie•

I think the first four sentences is a clever play on words. Does this also touch on alcoholism or am I going to deep? LOL. That is what it made me think about when I read the last sentence.

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maroon92OP•

Yes, it does. Thanks for your response!

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SockMaster203•

I really love the premise, it feels kind of like a Shel Silverstien poem! It really reminds me of poems I would read as a kid, with a dark twist at the end but very vivid an interesting imagery. I can almost see the pen drawing of a brain with legs stepping out of someone's open head that would be accompanied by it if it were in a kids book

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