Epileptic Capture | Teen Ink

Epileptic Capture

November 17, 2020
By Anonymous

s u n d a y

‘m Sick- as in coughing

I’m convincing them

heat up,   and out, from my lungs

as it mixes with unwilling salvia   

forced away in another struggle 

this one with myself


but they are still restlessly wrestling

with me


Home

I want to go home 


‘m feeling weak.. 

The offer of all the money in the world couldn’t persuade my legs- 

my very heart and soul to stand up 

   not for even a half of a known second


struggling

I guess

   It's become not really much of a fight 


All because could be called sick

  more of the mind

   more of the grossly negligent brain space 

My head is always the way it is

  was never taught the proper term for it 

   the spaz    in me 


water pours

falling against hot cheeks 

feeling colder than them, working to get to the bottom

and drip down 

escape 


I shed a few tears 

 ... and a lot more internal upset 

  I'm losing it all

  the fight against and in me


I very much don’t like (!)

I messed up by mentioning (!!)

  ... sharing too much,

  Getting Caught 


Regrettable


...

   ... I’m starting to feel myself get messy 

Once more 

again


The author's comments:

I wanted to write a kind of sci-fi piece based, loosey, on one of my favorite books of all time, The Last Book in the Universe by Rodman Philbrick. I wanted to create an ominous sci-fi poem using the general idea of the epileptic main character from that story. The poem started out being a mental illness poem about the first moment someone is admitted into a kind of impatient program but then I decided to add a bigger story element. In all honesty, I made this poem in just a week and with minimal peer editing and was just trying something new and ended up with a piece I am fond of and wanted to share. 


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