Bellvue

Spot In The Sky

Bellvue... the mental hospital on Long Island in New York


Its raining blood
I’m drowning
Clear the clouds
The sky’s my nightmare
Everything’s falling down
The night feels new
So listen close
These are the dying words I chose
Gravity took my smile
Let me sleep for a while
I hate this place
Nothing works here
One day it’s a snowball
The next is the domino
Here comes the clock
To tell me what’s right
So pay attention
These dying words beg for redemption
Gravity took my smile
Let me sleep for a while
The medications don’t work
Warm water tastes of blood
There’s no desired response
A steeper downhill than ever
The moon is in my eye
Let the sun come out
So here they are
My dying words only go so far
Gravity took my smile
Let me sleep for a while

suede

"Gravity took my smile
Let me sleep for a while"

...very cool. maybe use that thought for a future poem? that rhyme is really strong.

suede

c'mon everyone..take a look at this one already...

FinsburyParkCarrots

This poem manages with eloquent economy to provide a sense of a state of mind that is ironically becoming well and autonomous, through seeing the ineptness of the institution that is supposed to instil "sanity" in a patient's life. It's a clever work.