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92 · Apr 2022
Working Title
Filomena Apr 2022
No lies detected
No lines deflected
No files protected
No failures projected

An optimist outlook
Point power presents
Till reps of the rulebook
Demand recompense
91 · Aug 2022
Looking
Filomena Aug 2022
The looking glass
Can see you stare

If you walk past it,
It won't care

But as you stand
To change your face

The image plans
To take your place
Psych ward poetry.
Set 3, poem 14.
91 · Apr 2022
In Joy, Yours Too!
Filomena Apr 2022
A rosebud stands rigid
Bedazzled by dew
The morning is frigid
But the Sun shines anew

Surrounding the flower
The rabbits all dance
Enjoying Earth's bounty
Of blossoms and plants
Second poem of a pair.
90 · Aug 2022
What you do
Filomena Aug 2022
What you do is what you know.

What you know is what you've seen.

What you've seen is not your fault.

So do your best; make cycles halt.
Psych ward poetry.
Set 3, poem 8.
88 · Aug 2022
Benefit
Filomena Aug 2022
Other people deserve help.
This is because they are human.

The writer is also human,
But the implication is hard to accept.
Psych ward poetry.
Set 3, poem 43.
86 · Mar 2022
Dope
Filomena Mar 2022
Hope is dead
but head is dope

Hope I'm ready
tying rope

Universal
crying trope

Only worsens
trying to cope
85 · May 2023
Rotten
Filomena May 2023
These words are meaningless
It occurs to me this ****
Has never meant a thing
To anyone with wit

This constant flatulence
An endless pattern since
Who the **** knows when
Cues my **** again

My art is all a farce
A heart dissolved in parts
Some rotten, putrid flesh
Forgotten, stupid, vexed

I wish I wasn't born
But quickly just adjourned
Verbosity's a curse
Whose rot gets only worse
84 · Oct 2020
I want to go Home
Filomena Oct 2020
I want to go home
I have no home
I'll find my home
Where the pines have grown
And sing alone
A lonesome tune
And sit on my throne
In the light of the Moon
Psych ward poetry #2
82 · Aug 2022
Ex Machina
Filomena Aug 2022
All machines are mechanical,
But I'm not a machine.

Socrates is mortal,
But he's not so smart anyway.

Mortality is universal,
And the universe is me.
Psych ward poetry.
Set 3, poem 27.
81 · Aug 2022
Totality
Filomena Aug 2022
A full eclipse of mind
Obscures all but the rind
Encrusted by the grime and dust
It's swelling from the stress inside
It looks like it might bust
Psych ward poetry.
Set 3, poem 40.
80 · Aug 2022
The King of Hearts
Filomena Aug 2022
The Pen is mightier than the Sword?
The King of Hearts would have a word.

For what could be a mightier *****,
Much sharper than the stone and stick?
Psych ward poetry.
Set 3, poem 13.
79 · Aug 2022
Flight Risk
Filomena Aug 2022
Fight Risk
Flight Risk

Sight Quick
Fright Quick

Spite Freak
Alight Freak

Height Peak
Insight Peak
Psych ward poetry.
Set 3, poem 22.
76 · Aug 2022
Breakfast
Filomena Aug 2022
I broke my fast this morning.
My will was broken fast.
What a waste of energy
To make what's spoken last.
Psych ward poetry.
Set 3, poem 25.
Coffee is addictive,
especially if you can't sleep.
75 · May 2019
Haiku 3: to Requite
Filomena May 2019
when he came to me
I couldn't see what he saw
I hope it's enough
Haven't written in a while I guess
74 · Aug 2022
Unknown Unknown
Filomena Aug 2022
To me it seems the more you know
The less you think you know.
So if you wonder "Do I know,"
The answer's always "No."
Psych ward poetry.
Set 3, poem 46.
74 · Aug 2022
Unicorn Sparkle
Filomena Aug 2022
Unicorn sparkle
Bedazzles her toes
There's ink from a marker
On her fingers and nose

They call her creative
They say that she's smart
But her brain is insatiable
Without wisdom of heart
Psych ward poetry.
Set 3, poem 11.
74 · Aug 2022
Time
Filomena Aug 2022
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.
..-. ..- -.-. ..-
73 · Oct 2020
Wreck Creation
Filomena Oct 2020
I'm resigned to wreck creation
Pay no heed to obligation
Disregarding expectation
Throw out all the information
Used to bolster reputation
Fall into a resignation
With no goal or destination
Like a permanent vacation
Up until abrupt cessation
Psych ward poetry #4
73 · Aug 2022
Partially Cloudy
Filomena Aug 2022
I brave the crowd
It's loud and raucous
Inhale their cloud
Absorb their talking

The songbirds sing
The air is still
The leaves are green
Unlike my will

The trees and songbirds
Pay no mind
No need to worry
But lots to find
Psych ward poetry.
Set 3, poem 10.
72 · Aug 2022
Drill
Filomena Aug 2022
I am a fire hazard.
You are a fire drill.
Please help me get it
Through my head:
I have a life to fill.
Psych ward poetry.
Set 3, poem 26.
72 · Aug 2022
Known Unknown
Filomena Aug 2022
I recognize my ignorance,
Which means that I don't know.
But I also keep up vigilance
When knowledge is bestowed.

It may be an annoyance,
To learn what was unknown,
But also should be joyous
To see how much you've grown.
Psych ward poetry.
Set 3, poem 35.
72 · Aug 2022
The Looney Limerick (CW)
Filomena Aug 2022
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.
71 · Aug 2022
Like This
Filomena Aug 2022
I rather like this one, it seems
It's not what I had thought.
And though it's nothing like my dreams,
I like it quite a lot.
Psych ward poetry.
Set 3, poem 37.
69 · Aug 2022
I'm tired.
Filomena Aug 2022
I'm tired.
But my bed is hard.

I'm hungry.
But my food is gross.

I'm lonely.
But my friends are scared.

I'm human.
It seems no-one cares.
Psych ward poetry.
Set 3, poem 18.
69 · Aug 2022
Triangular
Filomena Aug 2022
It's hip to be triangular
Acute and pointy everywhere
But maybe it's expedient
To dress up as a square
Psych ward poetry.
Set 3, poem 23.
69 · Jan 2022
Metamorphosis
Filomena Jan 2022
An inspiration comes and goes
As in the dark a river flows
Beneath the surface pressure grows

I clueless by the geyser stand
Just staring with my stick in hand
At undisturbed and barren land

Eruption happens suddenly
The roaring deluge breaking free
And soaking both my staff and me

I plunge my rod into the ground
Absorbing from the pool around
That felt so deep I could have drowned

Into the mud thin roots are weaved
And now my sprig is sprouting leaves!
Surprising height its crown achieves

As high above the branches swayed
I've grown relaxed and unafraid
I'm simply sitting in the shade
A friend of mine helped me with the rhymes and title.
68 · Aug 2022
Fuck This
Filomena Aug 2022
**** this.
**** that.
They gave me this.
I wanted that.

My words say this.
My face says that.
I guess it's bliss.
No wait, it's crap.
Psych ward poetry.
Set 3, poem 19.
66 · Aug 2022
Phenomenological
Filomena Aug 2022
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.
64 · Aug 2022
I think I hope.
Filomena Aug 2022
I hope so.
I don't think so.

I wish for it.
I don't expect it.

I want it.
I'll never have it.

I work for it.
I won't achieve it.
Psych ward poetry.
Set 3, poem 24.
62 · Aug 2022
The Maze
Filomena Aug 2022
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.
59 · Aug 2022
Methodology
Filomena Aug 2022
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.
56 · Aug 2022
The
Filomena Aug 2022
The
The party's always over there is nothing more foreign or should I say ingenious say what would Judas priest of On my luck of the Irish coffee in the morning after the rain of terror eyes are up here you go, sir ten death and despair of pants the deer for water keyed entry way to go home is where the heart of the matter.
Psych ward poetry.
Set 3, poem 17.

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