OCD

by sweet escape   Apr 13, 2009


Numbers Numbers
Running through my mind
Swaying to and fro like a tree in a storm
Every other thought left behind

Numbers Numbers
Are taking away thought
Images in my head pass in blurs
And slip away as I get taught

Numbers Numbers
Please leave me be!
There are too many numbers
For me to clearly see

Numbers Numbers
There they sit
Cluttering my mind, a city dump
As I lose my wit

Numbers Numbers
Are here to stay
Taking over my life like a drug
Each and every day

Numbers Numbers
In my head
Won't leave me be, forever buzzing
Until I am dead

Numbers Numbers
Still they last
With the burning images created
Though death came fast

Numbers Numbers
Always in my way
Blocking every move I make
Even as there, my body lay

Numbers Numbers
Whether in Heaven or Hell
If I get Dante's Inferno
Please give me an even level

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  • 15 years ago

    by CanUKissAwayMyPain

    Well this was a different kind of poem. i have a bit of OSD my room and everything in it has to be clean and neat. or i'll go crazy. i dnt care bout the living room just my room. and this is weird but true i have to touch the doornob b4 i open it. well you did a realie nice job here. the flow was a bit of and on on sum part but the message was still strong and out there. i like it. keep it up.
    5/5

    TaKe CaRe,
    frenchy

  • 15 years ago

    by East Poetry

    Wow very interesting. I liked it. I would LOVE it if you fix one little thing. I was shocked in the last stanza you wrote:

    Numbers Numbers
    Whether in Heaven or Hell
    If I get Dante's Inferno
    Please give me an even level

    Why did you end the poem with the word
    Level, first off it doesnt rhyme. and Second the word
    Cell, like a prison cell would have been AWESOME.

    cuz it would have raped the poem of perfect with a kick ass ending.

    just a thought...

    let me know what you think of my latest write. k

  • 15 years ago

    by The Prince

    This is a inplausible poem - you need to research OCD before you write about it, there was not one point in this poem where I believed the narrator had it. What you could have done is taken the concept and delivered it without the repetition and the form, which doesnt compliment the message at all. As far as I know, people with OCD tend to have strict rules about order, numbers is a very small aspect of it.

    'Swaying to and fro like a tree in a storm'

    Was a strange simile, since you suggested a line above that the numbers are 'running' then you suggest they are swaying? Confusing.

    'Numbers Numbers
    Please leave me be!
    There are too many numbers
    For me to clearly see'

    This piece has original concept but the delivery is unimaginative. It's almost..immature =/ Realise I'm not being mean here, I just feel that this could have been done so much better.

    'Numbers Numbers
    In my head
    Won't leave me be, forever buzzing
    Until I am dead'

    Overdramatic. Although 'buzzing' could have been nice.

    'Numbers Numbers
    Still they last
    With the burning images created
    Though death came fast'

    No, no, the wording is becoming desperate. I've actually started to become really annoyed at the narrator. The tense and grammar is off, too.

    'Numbers Numbers
    Whether in Heaven or Hell
    If I get Dante's Inferno
    Please give me an even level'

    What is an 'even level'? This stanza does not belong in the poem, it's completely overdramatic. You could try this again, but I'm really not a fan of this particular effort.
    I'm sorry and I really hope you realise this is nothing against you; I hope you are mature enough to take the criticsm :)

  • 15 years ago

    by Sylvia

    OCD, Although I do not have this disorder, I live with it everyday so I can understand your words. My husband has OCD. His takes the form of neatness and everything and I mean everything has to be in order. Don't give up hope. I have found that as he ages the OCD seems to be less severe. Well done. 5/5

  • 15 years ago

    by Loved In Hell

    This one was really cool!
    I really enjoyed reading it. It reminded me of beautifully written chaos.
    i like it a lot. It also has a darkness to it.
    Very well penned 5/5
    -laura

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