The Storm in My Mind
The Storm in My Mind
In school, they said, "Just sit and learn,"
But my mind would twist, my thoughts would turn.
The clock hands moved like melting wax,
While I chased dreams and lost the facts.
The teacher’s words were clouds and smoke,
I'd grasp at them, but then they’d float.
The whispers, tapping, lights too bright—
A battle raged inside my sight.
Then came the jobs, the bills, the grind,
A world that didn’t match my mind.
Alarms would scream, I'd hit repeat,
Then wake to failure on repeat.
Deadlines blurred and slipped away,
While focus fled and left dismay.
I’d try so hard, I'd burn inside,
But tasks just piled and hope would slide.
Intrusive thoughts, they claw and creep,
Like thieves that steal my chance for sleep.
A loop of doubt, a reel of shame,
A mind that calls me by my name.
The keys? Misplaced. The plans? A mess.
A simple task turns to distress.
A spark ignites, my heart takes flight,
But just as fast, it's lost to night.
Yet still, I rise, I try once more,
A soul that’s bruised, but not yet torn.
For in this storm, I dance, I fight,
A restless heart still chasing light.
About this poem
This poem is about ADHD and how it's affected my life over the years. Its very hard to describe neurodivergance to those who don't have it so I have penned this poem to try and explain.
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Written on February 09, 2025
Submitted by Shazzajones112 on February 09, 2025
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| Scheme | A BBCC XXDD AAEE FFGG HHII JJDD XXDD |
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| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 1,122 |
| Words | 238 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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