Psychedelic Sunset

by Tripp   Oct 22, 2009


Numbers...characters - symbols of obscurity
letters...alphabets - they are racing toward me
is the fabric of my psyche, beginning to unravel
are the constructs of my mind, entering into battle?

numbers...letters...
they splash before my eyes
overlap what's true-
their ink-based web of lies
green-yellow-blue
they are here before me
I don't know what to do
the colors they are blinding

The colors, they swim before my eyes
psychedelic characters, through my mind they fly
yet these illusions as they are, surely should not be
for drugs I did not take, for this my eye to see

Confliction,contention, my perilous dereliction
my diction:a reflection, of my own affliction
consumed by, the visual illusions
confused by, paranoid delusions

Schizophrenia - psychosis
am I crazy? Why am I this way?
I'm on anti-psychotics, the high-grade doses
meant to stop what surely may

I sense it, the end is surely near!
for the voices in my head, scream
and it's all that I can hear:
"what does this mean?
what does this mean?
what does this mean?"

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  • 15 years ago

    by Tripp

    I've been experiencing hallucinations lately. None drug induced hallucinations. That's what this poem was about.

  • 15 years ago

    by Karl Wild GG23

    This one I have to be honest was a little sloppy and made completely no sense. I'm not sure if it was meant to be that way because this was all in your head and not the readers or if you just didn't get across what you were trying to say? I thought about it for a few minutes and I'm guessing its supposed to be all messed up haha as thoughts often are. It's definately tough to fathem what our thoughts often mean especially if we think we're going crazy. Great work with this piece it was very twisted and unusual 5/5

  • 15 years ago

    by Daisy if you do

    WOW!
    This was definitely a deep write. I love how you added the fact that is was not a drug induced trip. It's merely your mind playing the tricks and makes you wonder if you are psychotic. Great Job on the write.
    Take Care,
    Kay