Intrusive thoughts




INTRUSIVE
Before I wake up, I decide what type of day I am going to have.
My eyes open, I pull the covers above my head, knowing I am going to be sad.
Not being able to fall asleep, I drag myself to the kitchen to get a bottle of water.
I take my medication, avoid my vitamins, I walk back to bed which is forever.
Sometimes like Saturday, I was happy to wake up filled with energy.
Went for a ride in my Explore and everything I seen was with clarity.
I was in the store and a wave of loneliness engulfed me.
I text someone, too connect to someone without seeing.
Thoughts of why are you even in this store?
You don't have anyone in your life to love anymore!
I stepped outside for a moment.
The world stopped too, everything went dormant.
I took a deep breath and exhaled real slow.
I was scared, I have nowhere to go.
I looked at my messages, and someone sent me a text back.
I felt connected again, and my upbeat mood became stacked, no need for Jack.
Then the intrusive thoughts reentered my head, you're worthless.
You are a disgrace, weak, no one to anyone, and you're selfish.
Where in the hell did those thoughts come from?
I know I am not the brightest bulb nor the sharpest tool in any ones shed, but somewhere, somehow, I helped someone.
I then began grooming my old behaviors of stealing.
Old tapes played, out of nowhere, the old tape is reeling.
Stop. Stop, Stop, I have control of my behaviors.
I have to accept some people do care about me, this I need to savoir.
INTUSION IS IT AN ILLUSION!!!!
Deb Borrie
11/21/2010
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Submitted on March 20, 2016

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Deb Borrie

I had lived a life living in yesterday.....today.... I allow my self to be present with my thoughts and feelings of what is real to me.My hope is my writings can help others become more in tuned with themselves...it is a way each one of us can help to connect with our writings. I was a high school stop out missing 117 days of school in the 7th grade..my life ran wild..came up hard..one day after I decided to change my life direction, I went to The University of Michigan and received My Masters in Social Work both micro and macro studies. I have worked in the field as a clinical therapist, developed several programs to aid others with varies challenges.. ,Poetry has been a way to reach some of the population I work with as it is less invasive...as importantly it has helped me better understand myself. I enjoy all the reviews I have received as it helps me to become a more effective writer and validates some of my own personal challenges. I look forward to reading your poems and the reviews you take the time to write. more…

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