Filomena Rocca

Filomena Rocca Aug 2022

Time

The Past and the Present,
Though neither are pleasant,
Both make me the person
That I am today

The Future that comes,
As the clock blindly runs,
Must be held by the reigns
So it won't run away

Psych ward poetry.
Set 3, poem 7.
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Filomena Rocca Aug 2022

Reflections

Reflections I've seen
in the pool of the self

Whenever my glasses
come down from the shelf

With changing distortions
that ripple and swell

The smallest of pebbles
can shatter my shell

Psych ward poetry.
Set 3, poem 6.

#selfimage

Filomena Rocca Aug 2022

Phenomenological

I guess it's just logical
Return of the Prodigal
Who traded their pants
For a pair half the size

It's good if you're able
To get yourself stable
With your life in your hands
Not in prejudiced eyes

Psych ward poetry.
Set 3, Poem 5.

Filomena Rocca Aug 2022

The ****** Limerick (CW)

There once was a ****** from France
Who lived with his brain in a trance
They called him insane,
So he climbed up a crane
And they sadly unbalanced his stance

Psych ward poetry.
Set 3, poem 4.

Filomena Rocca Aug 2022

Babble

I heard a babbler
Yelling in the wind
Inviting all
To be absolved of sin

He talked of God
And of His Holy Powers
At length, and captively
I heard for hours

But even after
Listening and thought
The Word I heard
To me,
Means close to Naught

Psych ward poetry.
Set 3, poem 3.

#religion

Filomena Rocca Aug 2022

The Maze

They hold her down
She casts her frozen gaze

Straight at the cieling
Peering through the haze

Within the meadows
Winding like a maze

She's lost
And wanders
As yet unknown ways

Psych ward poetry.
Set 3, poem 2.
I witnessed 6 restraint incidents on my first day in.

Filomena Rocca Aug 2022

Methodology

By methodology
Empirical
We demonstrate
The world is spherical

Alas, within I find
No evidence
That there is anything
Like innocence

And as my status quo
Is under trial
I take a dose
Of Vitamin Denial

Psych ward poetry.
Set 3, poem 1.