The Meaning of Modern Madness

Modern madness means being #blessed

even when you get no rest,

and feel like the rest of your generation

is leaving you far behind

while you lie with your eyes and a blind

-ing smile filled with so much guile (and guilt)

lights your face. It means pacing deep into the night,

fast racing thoughts twinkling with through your

mind, so many possibilities leaping to life

And then falling, face-first into a pile of strife

And difficulty, and you feel so guilty

for falling behind on your obligations and

assertations

They labelled me psychotic when

I piled the pills into handfuls

to be dissolved by my acidic personality,

not knowing that at that point,

Death looked so much like being asleep

and being asleep meant having the

thoughts quiet and sometimes I

would do anything for a sense of peace

By Ana Sylvia Rose

From: United States