Flooded, Dumb, Stuck, & Numb



I’m stuck, numb
      no thoughts come along
absently interested in and
sickened by the emptiness
     Frustrated Sedated Depressed
with no releases left, distractions fracture the past
   I sit next to the mess
Misdirected
    slipping into synaptic gaps
that disconnect my cognitive map

I’m flooded, dumb
  with a bloodied tongue
slowly awakened, mistaken
         by sensations of self-induced
                 secluded confusion
     Misplaced information blackens the sun

I’m flooded, dumb, stuck, & numb

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Describing the oncoming and aftermath of a grand-mal seizure.

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Submitted by Trevdowell on May 08, 2023

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Stanza Lengths 10, 6, 1

Trevor Logan

Trevor Logan is a quiet poet who enjoys wildlife and gardening. He struggles with drug-resistant temporal-lobe epilepsy, which is a major influence on his writing as it causes hypergraphia (an almost uncontrollable urge to write). His poetry can be found on Instagram @AnEpilepticsPoetics https://instagram.com/anepilepticspoetics?igshid=ZDdkNTZiNTM= more…

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