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Nadia DeLevea Nov 2015
Depressed, at it's best.
Once incredibly blessed.
Now all the rest,
Unbelievably stressed.
Put to the test,
A big game a chess.
Once lightly caressed,
I somehow confessed,
distressed, not expressed,
I was simply possessed.
When reassessed,
Shall I reinvest?
My heart unexpressed,
You're unimpressed,
I'm just depressed...


Has the music vanished?
Made me black and white?
Stole the color from my soul?
Blue Life™ By Nadia DeLevea
Rollie Rathburn Dec 2016
For William and Meredith


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to provide temporary bursts of clarity
but should be reassessed periodically for
usefulness and concerns regarding tolerance,
dependence,
and abuse.

Xanax releases dopamine into the brain
to function as a neurotransmitter to send signals
between nerve cells
including reward motivated behavior
and pathways known to reinforce addictive neuronal activity

Perhaps to build her,
you had to break yourself
amongst the glass of that summer day.
Leave her waiting for your hair to peek
around a weathered edge
toward a forgotten living room corner

You are still her Patron Saint.
A long shadow cast across a small ghost.

She still screams at the sky to stop raining
beats her fists down the path
to the house of death
unceasing, and changeless.
Prodding a dull,
familiar
wound.
One that leaves its mark,
with pain felt more
from memory
than from anything else.


Withdrawal and rebound symptoms commonly occur and
necessitate a gradual reduction
to minimize the effects of discontinuation.
Not all withdrawal effects are evidence
of true dependence or withdrawal.

Recurrence may suggest no more
than the drug having the expected effect
and that,
in the absence of the drug,
the symptom has returned to pretreatment levels.
Patrick Conroy Aug 2013
I don't think you realize the effect you're having on me.
I'm catching myself doing things differently in the hopes that you'll notice me.
I'm diving head first into rose bushes to pick you a flower.
I'm turning back all the clocks in my house so you'll stay for just one more hour.
I'm listening to every love song in reverse in search of a missing verse.
The mere utterance of your name has become my curse.
Reminding me, that at this moment, I am not next to you.

You.

I would define you as angelic, but the gods above bow before you in reverence.
Any semblance of beauty in the world must be reassessed.
The meaning of the word must be redefined.
I'll happily go blind if it means keeping the image of you burning in my mind.
Thoughts swirling in my head ignite the passion that now burns like wildfire.
Scorching every fact, theory and opinion I've ever had
until all that is left is you.

You.
John Mahoney Sep 2012
there is no middle of the night
     only a beginning,
endlessly recurring,
     waked
by the body's vigilance
alert, for that hint of pain
like a woodland deer downwind
from his hunter, wary, agitated

woke last night at two am
walked out into the woods
down the drive to the intersection
all aglow from the blue moon
i can feel you in the muggy air tonight
     in the blue of the corona
and in the weight of the moon

when the new day dawns
we will seek visions
fully splendid with glory
but harder to hold, and
we will recognize each other
perhaps for the first time
for what we really are

but for now in the moonlit
street, standing here alone
all losses reassessed
to become as nothing
     inconsequential
in the weight of the moon
in the soft blue
night
With apologies to John Darnielle for stealing some of his beautiful language. I just could not get his song Against Pollution out of my head!
SassyJ Mar 2016
In bareness life sheds
Melting our essences
To fear our termination
In caskets it all ends

In excess life mends
A regeneration read
Generations transpired
For eons we existed

In neutral life tends
Unscripted to rest
Reassessed to subsist
Repressed to matter

Thou shan't fear death
Embraceth thine destiny
Immortalised in shrines
Till the universe climaxes
Name of an Orchestral Music Piece (Joshua Ingram)
Thanks for the privilege.
Gerardo SanDiego Jan 2010
in every moment
a world is created
a novel is written in the mind
then burned as excess memory
every bitterness is sweet
every taste is reassessed
to match the perfect vowel
with the perfect tempo
held in the hand
and squeezed until there's nothing but pulp
every black becomes white
and every white becomes fever
and any gray is obliterated,
sifted, recreated, grown to full maturity
until it dies from its own heart exploding
with decisiveness and guilt and sorrow
and whatever word is stronger than euphoria

in every moment, a life is saved,
then lost,
then saved again.
Liam hopson Jan 2021
I lie here alone, to let my imagination wander
I see my thoughts sewn, there power is like thunder
The pain I was hiding, from the trauma I had suffered
So I leave it all behind, so the truth can be discovered.

I waited for a reason, at a door without a key
I endured the many seasons, when there was nothing left of me
I suppressed, and then reassessed my feelings
So I could make some sense, of this reality
Then I guessed, and I obsessed with the meaning
Of what it truly means, to be free.

The waiting gave me my answer, of what lay behind that door
I could hear the sound of laughter, and I felt the lions roar
I saw a beautiful dancer, and I could smell the sea by the shore
The victor will be a chancer, who is clearly self-assured.

So now I walk around smiling, there is such a place within me
Finally, I can stop fighting, the truth was always the key
The  reasons I just kept writing, I fell in love with my poetry
My words became exciting, they were my remedy
As my passion continued rising, to align with destiny.
Chase Parrish Mar 2019
Onward we trudge to Miserthorpe.
On blood soaked dreams to lend support.
Knock-kneed, railing, gasping for breath
We march through the marsh toward our death,
But death will not out soul's escort.

The hordes of the undying court
Will shortly rend our lives cut short.
There is no hope; never the less...
Onward we trudge

Oh, if the past I could abort
I would have strived to build rapport
With that young lass from Watercrest.
My dreams of glory reassessed.
Yet time moves on without distort.
Onward we trudge
This is going to be a part of a collection of poems I call The ****** Journal.
You see my friends and I play a lot of D&D, and we ran a campaign in my friends world where there's this area called the deadlands, and I wanted to tell the story of an unnamed solder having to fight against the evil there. Feel free to drop a critique, as I haven't done too much poetry where I am not the speaker. So this will be kindof new to me.
Narvré Sep 2015
The thick in my throat sicked by ash and Mary, teardrops and slurry
Burnt fickle flutters to another bash for my little dreary head to bury
Want hinder my teared touch to sunder our broke torch searing my heart
Blink twice for the top of your nave may fly away to take trickle part
I wasn't to know before you could bow out your prickled ideas and flight
But the bright crown that aloud my head to bow under bunting weight; it was
Cleft in two, my head lift and adrift my eyes could see you under the bright
My gaze reassessed and my mind a blister, writhing admission, I felt over and through
but still I couldn't resist her
Dondaycee Jan 2018
There’s a word that’s a sound that doesn’t exist,
Or, hasn’t manifested to, consciously shift,
What it means to be inn love, why our minds tend to drift,
Off into the future like, yesterday is still happening and today reminisced a prediction of what’ll happen if my spirit continues to lift,
This thought I couldn’t dismissed, for there’s validation in imagination projecting a reality where these three time structures coexist,
A possibility I couldn’t resist,
A space where I know happiness will sit,
Decayed the  memories of pain when I saw a kiss,
Replayed the memory again because my understanding didn’t fit,
A second turned into a lifetime, time... it was time I had previously missed,
Rubbing my head because my intentions were missed,
By time I meant mind and lips, a tick I couldn’t forget,
She will be loved, she will be such,
A simple but difficult thought to brush,
Because I’m always like “So this is what the force brought to us”,
Thankful for the ego that fought for trust,
That taught me much,
And the broken barbies who were lost in lust,
Because they pushed me to walk when touched,
Zombie apocalypse, I can’t cough enough,
Too much snot, too many bugs that mental illness can’t fall on crush, -hush…
Let me hush, because I say too many words and I should say less,
Paying attention, and it has been wondering like I should pay less,
I feel like Romeo, because I’m running Juliet’s way next,
Like “My bounty is as boundless as the sea,
My love is as deep, the more I give to thee,
The more I have, for both are infinite”,
And then I’ll stand with nothing more to confess,
Hoping it’s my intentions she somehow digest,
If I fail to express the hell in invest,
It’s the tragedy of young love that’ll be reassessed,
To be or not to be will be the final thought I contest,
I need rest… because I enjoy that existence, where I’m able to create in an instance,
A reality where we’re no longer separated by distance, or the laws in a dimension,
Where I’m no longer an anarchist and can say ***** the resistance because fighting for freedom is no longer vital than assistance,
In that space I believe we’d stop pretending, and stop and listen,
Find time to analyze you and I and understand what we have before the aftermath lead us to separate paths searching for what’s currently existing,
A server condition, I admire ambition,
Cleared all my wishing, because I finished the mission,
I only ask for permission, to experience a handful of experiences on your journey,
And for a warning, warn me,
Before you fly and enjoy the freedoms in the sky,
So that I’m able to give a proper goodbye and maintain a kingdom built for you and I,
This home would remain open, and if my soul is chosen for another script,
I would be sure to leave a word on the walls to explain what love is,
Or a poem like this,
To explain a word that’s a sound that doesn’t exist.
Big Virge Jan 2021
Well I Guess It’s Time For Heads...
To Now... “ REASSESS”...

What Will Serve Them Best...
Now Corona Has Sent...

A WHOLE NEW NORMAL...
... Into Human Portals... !?!?!

of... Future Existence...
Where ALL These PM’s...
And... PRESIDENTS...

Set... PRECEDENTS...
That Create D I S T A N C E...
That Will Make Humans...
Defend Against Corona’s Spread... !!!

So... As Jobs GO... !!!
Reassessments Now Roll... !!!

WITHOUT Drums In Tow...
Because... For Now...
There Are NO SHOWS... !!!

Well UNLESS They're From Homes... !!!
Because of Futures UNKNOWN... ?!?

EXCEPT... Technology’s GROWTH...

But... Loss of Hope...
Is ALARMINGLY CLOSE... !!!

To... LOTS of FOLKS... !!!

Who’ve Had ENOUGH of Being BROKE... !!!
And Being Told To... STAY HOME... !!!

When... Those In The KNOW...
Will Make You Reassess...
... Talk From GOVERNMENTS... !!!

When Hospital Zones...
Might As Well of Been Closed... ?!?
Because There WEREN’T Droves... !!!
Or A Constant Flow of SICKLY Folks...?!?

And That’s NO JOKE... !!!
Or... Conspiracy Quote... !!!

Believe It If You Like...
Or If You Choose To DON’T... !!!

But Here’s A Line...
To Reassess Rocked Boats... !!!
How Many Do You KNOW...
Who’ve Died From This FOE... !?!

THINK About Your Response...
Cos' It MIGHT BELONG...

In A World of NONSENSE... !!!

Now I May Be Wrong... ?!?
But My Logic Is STRONG... !!!

Reassessments Now...
As Well As DOUBT... !!!

Are Now Floating Around...
In The Hearts of Mouths...

of... Young And Old...
Who Now DON’T KNOW...
Which Way To Go... !?!?!

And NO I’m Not Talking...
of... New Gender Folk... !!!!!

Who’ve Made A Lot Of Heads...
Have To... REASSESS...
What They Choose To Express...
When Speaking On Them... !!!

Because They Have A PROBLEM... !!!
With Being Treated Like The Rest... ?!?

Yes I Mean... HUMANS... !!!!
Who Have To Hear Things Said...
... EVERY Day That OFFEND... !!!

From... Various Heads...
Whether White Or Black...
Child Woman Or Man... !!!!!

And THOSE WORDS THERE...
Are Words of... FACT... !!!

They’ve NEVER REASSESSED THAT... !!!

How Racism Hurts Blacks...
Until We’re On Our Backs...
Lying... DEAD And Flat... !!!

It’s Incredible To See...
These Reassessments Be...
Causing Protest Scenes...

In The Midst of Seeing...
A DEADLY Global Disease... !!!

NOT My Words Folks... !!!

I’m Just ASSESSING The Quotes...
That Are... NO JOKE... !!!

When It Comes To Deaths...
And New Future Trends... !!!

From Tech On The Web...
To Drones In The Air...
To... How New Genders...
Are Filling Up Blenders... !!!

And Of Course WE CAN’T FORGET...
The... CORONA Effect... !!!

That’s Causing REAL STRESS...
To A Lot of... HEADS... !!!

Who Seem To Be THE POOREST... !!!

I Guess It’s Me...
And WILD CONSPIRACIES... ?!?

But When You REALLY CHECK...
And REALLY USE YOUR HEAD.... !!!
And Then Apply BASIC Common Sense... !!!

There’s A Lot Out There...
That Now Doesn’t Make Sense... ?!?

So My Word To The WISE...

Is... SIMPLY...

........... “ REASSESS “.........
There's much in the world now, that as the poems suggests, has forced a great many to reassess !

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