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Otherworldly
I don't need a house to be haunted,
these legions consume my mind.
For in all their midnight meetings,
I'm the one confined.
I walk this barren land,
an external ghost roaming free,
these walls don't speak of treason,
the only haunted here is me.
An assassin with a revolver
playing roulette at three a.m.,
they've got me in their sights.
I should startle if just pretend.
For myself, I am concealed.
Their weapons, firing synapses,
in attempt to hush these demons down,
my brain often relapses.
these legions consume my mind.
For in all their midnight meetings,
I'm the one confined.
I walk this barren land,
an external ghost roaming free,
these walls don't speak of treason,
the only haunted here is me.
An assassin with a revolver
playing roulette at three a.m.,
they've got me in their sights.
I should startle if just pretend.
For myself, I am concealed.
Their weapons, firing synapses,
in attempt to hush these demons down,
my brain often relapses.
Author's Note
Inspired by author Emily Dickinson
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Re. Otherworldly
30th Oct 2023 7:07pm
this is really good beautiful Maeve 💕
here's a song I relate to about misfiring synapses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y4IAdZ8srA
here's a song I relate to about misfiring synapses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y4IAdZ8srA
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30th Oct 2023 7:11pm
Thanks so much. I'm trying to open the link, but it won't let me. What song is it so I can search it?
Re. Otherworldly
30th Oct 2023 7:17pm
Hoi hoi
I already wrote that I like your writes a lot.
Going to look up what PTSomething is.
I may learn something everyday.
Kind regards, Gus
I already wrote that I like your writes a lot.
Going to look up what PTSomething is.
I may learn something everyday.
Kind regards, Gus
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30th Oct 2023 7:26pm
Yes, that’s the one; I looked it up in the mean time.
If I may give you a hint?
Please try and separate the troubles you have from your art.
Then it’s still present but it has a lesserhold on you.
Even Billie Holiday and Ben Webster talked about the happy blues as opposed to the trad opinion for that.
If you want to delve deeper, please PM me.
Never lose hope!
Kind regards, Gus
If I may give you a hint?
Please try and separate the troubles you have from your art.
Then it’s still present but it has a lesserhold on you.
Even Billie Holiday and Ben Webster talked about the happy blues as opposed to the trad opinion for that.
If you want to delve deeper, please PM me.
Never lose hope!
Kind regards, Gus
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30th Oct 2023 7:29pm
I would love that very much. This seems like good advice I can work with.
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Re. Otherworldly
30th Oct 2023 10:58pm
Just let your mind go blank, then drop your pen in the ink and let your hand put down the first letter, then the rest will follow in suite
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30th Oct 2023 11:23pm
Your efficient and economical word choices leave me convinced that you are indeed an Emily Dickenson fan.
An excellent choice of mentor:)
An excellent choice of mentor:)
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Re. Otherworldly
31st Oct 2023 00:31am
Dear M,
Relatable and direct. Your opening line drew me right in and I was spell bound to the end. Terrific write. H🌷
Relatable and direct. Your opening line drew me right in and I was spell bound to the end. Terrific write. H🌷
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31st Oct 2023 00:45am
Re. Otherworldly
31st Oct 2023 1:14am
Being haunted can come in so many forms. You did a great job conveying
it with this poem:)
Welcome to DUP
it with this poem:)
Welcome to DUP
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31st Oct 2023 1:16am
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31st Oct 2023 2:32am
Great rhyme, rhythm and flow. Sometimes our inner demons are far too real.
Welcome to DUP
Welcome to DUP
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