What is Normal

poem by: Annie Kirby
Written on Oct 24, 2016

What is normal? 
Is there such a thing? 
What is normal for you
Is not normal for me

I lost my sense of balance 
There is nothing good
Nor evil nor eternal
Although I fumble for it

It's twinkling miserably
It's beautiful, isn't it?
That's why I live in a fantasy 
Even though it's real life 
I see what I want to see

There's nothing that is exactly a fact
Even a lie which makes one happy
Give me lies, for I could dream
Give me lies, for my anxiety fades
As I sob bitterly with happiness 

Kissed in a sigh after a bitter smile 
So I believe in small things, very small
Like a soap bubble 
Flashed away, breeze scatter

Somewhere in this world
A phantom flower; normal
It is said so exactly 
It is supposed to be so absolutely 
It could become an elixir 
It must be life

To pursue it, might just
Continue a stupid journey 
It is a violent poison 
It eats human beings 
What I have seen
What I have felt
I am the way I am

 

Tags: metaphor, confused, pain,

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Geoffrey Brewer commented:
Never mind what is normal. 'Normal' at the time and place were: the insanities of Hitler's German, Stalin's Russia and Mao's Cultural Revolution. The truth lies in your last three lines. Best wishes.
Annie Kirby commented:
Thank you Geoffrey!
Christopher Russon commented:
Well written poem Annie.
Edward shields commented:
Not bad.

 

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