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132 · Sep 2020
Haiku 4: Unrequite
Filomena Rocca Sep 2020
He abandoned me
I couldn't be what he'd want
Was never enough
Psych ward poetry #1
130 · Dec 2020
Flowers for Mrs. Shade
Filomena Rocca Dec 2020
Dear Mrs. Shade,
Unlike these flowers
Through days and hours
Your spirit's weight
Shall not abate
Nor shall your memory fade
Poem for an old childhood friend who has gone on.
129 · Jan 2022
Æsthetic
Filomena Rocca Jan 2022
literary illiteracy
insignificance on a grand scale

endless extensions
of empty expressions

obfuscation to no avail
Epic Fail
128 · May 2022
Hongry
Filomena Rocca May 2022
Cuddles are cute.
So are smooches and pecks
And hugs are a hoot
But I'm hungry for Chex™
This is the most ridiculous thing I have ever written.
126 · May 2023
I shall not want
Filomena Rocca May 2023
I want to help you.
I want to please you.
I want to love you.
I want to see you.

I want to touch your body.
I want to see your mind.
I want your precious company.
I want at least to try.

Desire will eat me up
Unless you show me sympathy
This fire is going to burn me up
Please set my spirit free.

I want you.
I want.
My want is selfish.
Let me die.
120 · Aug 2022
What Doesn't Kill
Filomena Rocca Aug 2022
What doesn't **** you
Makes you cry
And rage at fate
And wonder why

What seems to call you
Pulls you in
And makes you hate
Or makes you sin

And I can't tell you
Which is which
But don't conflate
You'll end in pitch
Psych ward poetry.
Set 3, poem 16.
120 · Apr 2022
Working Title
Filomena Rocca 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
119 · Mar 2022
Dream On
Filomena Rocca Mar 2022
an evening in an envelope
a river set on fire
a pearl inside a cantaloupe
a pointy cubic tire

a vacuum full of pressure waves
a Buddha full of pride
a panda in the everglades
an ego set aside

a childhood dream is coming true
the Lord is coming back
I have a million here for you
inside a penny wrap
118 · Aug 2022
Benefit
Filomena Rocca 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.
118 · Mar 2022
Dope
Filomena Rocca Mar 2022
Hope is dead
but head is dope

Hope I'm ready
tying rope

Universal
crying trope

Only worsens
trying to cope
118 · Aug 2022
Ex Machina
Filomena Rocca 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.
113 · May 2023
Rotten
Filomena Rocca 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
108 · Apr 20
Lamentable
A lamentable lyricist
Loving and kind
Met a hopeless empiricist
Stuck in his mind

He spoke to the other
In jargon and jokes
His wit and his humor
Gave comfort like cloaks

The other liked listening
And lovingly laughed
While quietly wishing
The moment would last

In just one more moment
The truth was revealed
And the mask of the joker
No longer concealed

Below his performance
Its surface so sweet
Was a primitive poison
Disguised with deceit

The other had eaten
Enough of that brew
And seeing its evil
She knew what to do

---

The fate of the villain
Is yet to be seen
His spirit is willing
But his soul is unclean
106 · Oct 2020
I want to go Home
Filomena Rocca 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
106 · Apr 2022
In Joy, Yours Too!
Filomena Rocca 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.
105 · Aug 2022
Looking
Filomena Rocca 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.
105 · Aug 2022
Breakfast
Filomena Rocca 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.
104 · Aug 2022
Drill
Filomena Rocca 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.
102 · Aug 2022
What you do
Filomena Rocca 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.
101 · May 31
Co-mutiny
Community mutiny
Collective immunity
To social insanity
Hysterical fantasy
Psych Ward Poetry
Set 6, Poem 8
99 · Aug 2022
Flight Risk
Filomena Rocca 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.
98 · Aug 2022
Unicorn Sparkle
Filomena Rocca 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.
97 · Aug 2022
Unknown Unknown
Filomena Rocca 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.
94 · Aug 2022
Totality
Filomena Rocca 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.
93 · Apr 16
Haiku 12
Happiness is real
Best enjoy it while you can
Till the darkness wins
92 · Aug 2022
The King of Hearts
Filomena Rocca 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.
92 · Aug 2022
The Looney Limerick (CW)
Filomena Rocca 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.
90 · Aug 2022
Time
Filomena Rocca 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.
..-. ..- -.-. ..-
89 · May 2019
Haiku 3: to Requite
Filomena Rocca 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
88 · Aug 2022
Known Unknown
Filomena Rocca 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.
88 · Aug 2022
Partially Cloudy
Filomena Rocca 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.
87 · Aug 2022
I'm tired.
Filomena Rocca 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.
85 · Oct 2020
Wreck Creation
Filomena Rocca 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
84 · Aug 2022
I think I hope.
Filomena Rocca 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.
83 · Aug 2022
Fuck This
Filomena Rocca 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.
83 · Aug 2022
Like This
Filomena Rocca 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.
80 · Jan 2022
Metamorphosis
Filomena Rocca 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.
80 · Aug 2022
Phenomenological
Filomena Rocca 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.
78 · Aug 2022
Triangular
Filomena Rocca 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.
76 · Aug 2022
Methodology
Filomena Rocca 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.
76 · Aug 2022
The Maze
Filomena Rocca 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.
70 · Aug 2022
The
Filomena Rocca 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.
60 · May 31
Ouroboros
To the Blank Page
Poetry is Death
Psych Ward Poetry
Set 6, Poem 7
For N.
55 · Apr 20
Cope
How many lives
Have I destroyed?

How many times
Have I been hurt?

Set side by side
Which happened more?

Given that line
What can I learn?

--How many lives
Are there to live?

What can my rhymes
Like these achieve?

How many lies
Can you forgive?

Are we just fine
Or should I grieve?

--Do I just cope?
Or is there hope?
51 · May 31
No, and Yes
There is no; there is yes
There is endless distress

There is hope; there is fear
There is many a tear

In company shed
Or alone on my bed

But among all the weeds
All the bruises and bleeds

Some places are pleasant
Some periods bring peace
Psych Ward Poetry
Set 6, Poem 6
46 · May 31
Internal Journalist
Internal journalist
Pitiful moralist
Brave declarations
Cleverly made

My words are a weapon
An army attacking
Myself - but my friendships
Are casualties laid
Psych Ward Poetry
Set 6, Poem 5
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