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Sick Kitty

You haven’t read this nightmare yet, sometimes I drink just hoping to forget I have known the pain that it can cause to do it all again without even a pause… It’s my self destructive neutron spiral a dissection of a mad helix, gone viral telling hell that I have warmed over again but what’s the real difference in the end Fuck it all! No one knows how I’ve tried or that I was willing to lay down and die tried killing myself with drink and smoke It feels like I am surviving a really bad joke Turning on a dime for just another chance screw the fantasy of the clouded mid-night dance take me somewhere I haven’t been before I’d follow like a sick kitty who just wants more If I could dare, I just might not simply follow but I only find myself empty inside and hollow grasping at chemicals I already know don’t work but lacking in desire to find a new will to assert Selfish, indulgent, parting with the last remark how did I end up at the deep end in the dark what possessed me to think my mind could cope capable of more than tying a hang man’s rope Who did I think I was, that I had what it took I am pretty sure this shit was never in no book a never ending well to a bottomless barren pit I am left hardly knowing with-in who’s skin I fit
— DawningDaytripper, Jul 17, 2010

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Region, Country: Robe valley, WA, USA

Favorite Poets: All of them, for differant reasons. Neopoet poets have influenced me the most over the last 2 plus years. Great teachers. Edgar Allen Poe, Dickens, way to many to list...

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Loreli

Loreli

15 years 10 months ago

I got some insight on this

I got some insight on this from you earlier in our chat...I don't think you need to change a thing. Very good write. Loreli
DawningDaytripper

DawningDaytripper

15 years 10 months ago

Thanks for reading, I love

Thanks for reading, I love your name, I will try to stop in on you soon! Julie D.D. Hello all, come and join us in Live chat! Meet n' greet, Neo night, lonely poems, teen night. We have something for everyone, come and meet your community!
lou

lou

15 years 10 months ago

DD

Very dark , very, very well written. Love ya Lou xx
DawningDaytripper

DawningDaytripper

15 years 10 months ago

Thanks Lou, Miss you,

Julie D.D. Hello all, come and join us in Live chat! Meet n' greet, Neo night, lonely poems, teen night. We have something for everyone, come and meet your community!
weirdelf

weirdelf

15 years 10 months ago

Possibly the best of yours I have read, Julie,

brutally honest, personal, not trying the tricks and impersonal themes of some of your other works. Beautifully written. I am touched. The rhyme works so well I didn't even notice it at first reading, that takes skill and craft. Bravo. Maybe this is the way forward for your poetry, you've complained of being blocked but this is where great poetry comes from, true and raw. for I only find myself empty and hallow [hollow?] Selfish, indulgent, crazy as a marked lark [don't understand this line] and the last line! Great! Where is our bloody user manual? Cheers, Jess, Praise helps no poet, have the courage and generousity to give critique.
DawningDaytripper

DawningDaytripper

15 years 10 months ago

Thanks Jess, nice compliment

Thanks Jess, nice compliment coming from you. It felt natural as I wrote it, I was very intoxicated when I started, but finished it up early today with a... clearer head.. kinda. I will look in to Hallow or Hollow, as to which I will use and as for that line, well at this moment, I am keeping it. But will think on it and a suitable substitue that will communicate better. And no freakin manuals darn it! Especialy about chemical imbalances and addiction issues, anxiety, oh and shit loads more probably. Thanks for stopping by! Julie D.D. Hello all, come and join us in Live chat! Meet n' greet, Neo night, lonely poems, teen night. We have something for everyone, come and meet your community!
xena465

xena465

15 years 10 months ago

Dear Julie

I agree with Jess this great writing. It sounds like you're describing me ... tee hee. Xena Quote: Science is what you know; philosophy is what you don't know. - Bertrand Russell
DawningDaytripper

DawningDaytripper

15 years 10 months ago

only cause we have so much

only cause we have so much in common dear Rosina, thanks. I will stop in on you soon! Julie D.D. Hello all, come and join us in Live chat! Meet n' greet, Neo night, lonely poems, teen night. We have something for everyone, come and meet your community!
Seren

Seren

15 years 10 months ago

Dearest Julie

My quote could be an answer to this poem but I dont see much I would change Julie brava love and hugs JayCee x x x (“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson quote)
DawningDaytripper

DawningDaytripper

15 years 10 months ago

Thanks Jayne, After a days

Thanks Jayne, After a days thinking, I do see a thing or two. But it won't be TOO drastic, I don't think. LOL Luv ya JC, so glad you could stop in! Julie D.D. Hello all, come and join us in Live chat! Meet n' greet, Neo night, lonely poems, teen night. We have something for everyone, come and meet your community!
Candlewitch

Candlewitch

15 years 10 months ago

Dear Julie

A very raw and soulful poem. Brave of you to spill your guts into your poetry. My favorite lines are: Fuck it! You don’t know how I tried or that I was willing to lay down and die I want to kill myself with drink and smoke It feels like I am surviving a really bad joke I've been there and done that. Always, Cat
DawningDaytripper

DawningDaytripper

15 years 10 months ago

Thanks Cat, I appreaciate

Thanks Cat, I appreaciate the time and comment. We get to know more and more about each other, I shall stop by and say hello later! {Kids are screaming for dinner, STEAK! Julie D.D. Hello all, come and join us in Live chat! Meet n' greet, Neo night, lonely poems, teen night. We have something for everyone, come and meet your community!
Nordic cloud

Nordic cloud

15 years 10 months ago

Very well written this

Ann of Norway I loved my journey through the words, you are doing well Julie, good for you. Not with the other, the meaning I mean bother that!!! Love to you from Ann "empty and hallow" did you mean that or hollow?
DawningDaytripper

DawningDaytripper

15 years 10 months ago

Thanks Ann, I know what you

Thanks Ann, I know what you mean. Love to you sweet Ann of Norway, its been to long. I will change that. Julie D.D. Hello all, come and join us in Live chat! Meet n' greet, Neo night, lonely poems, teen night. We have something for everyone, come and meet your community!
Professor Purple

Professor Purple

15 years 10 months ago

This one hit me pretty hard,

I must say. The title is intriguing, then it starts very well, "You haven’t read this nightmare yet," certainly grasps my interest! Then it really starts, in a brutally emotional way, as has been said. The third stanza's my favourite, and for me the intensity kind of drops after it, I suggest trying to switch it around. Maybe you'd have to take the second one with it. I just love crescendos. I add my voice to suggesting "hollow", as it is I don't quite understand it. One edit: "It[']s my self destructive neutron spiral". Like I said, it hit me hard. The pacing was great too, gave me a sort of "spiral" effect. Very strong poem. Antoine
DawningDaytripper

DawningDaytripper

15 years 10 months ago

Hello PP, You know that was

Hello PP, You know that was very helpful thanks, I will work on some intensity with this a little later, maybe when done you can let me know if it iproves. Thanks, I will be sure to return the appreaciated favor! Thanks! Julie D.D. Hello all, come and join us in Live chat! Meet n' greet, Neo night, lonely poems, teen night. We have something for everyone, come and meet your community!