In life they tried to to protect me from me,
I was a babe alone among ravening wolves.
Clueless in a world I could not understand,
The cruel world refused to understand me.
I was a battered square peg,
Forced to distort my shape.
Hammered into a round hole,
Defenseless against the rape.
Abstractions were joy to me.
The simple things eluded me,
My frontal lobes defied me,
My hemispheres decried me.
Outer spheres were cold to me,
Inner spheres warmed my bones.
Daily trips to the parts unknown,
In universes aplenty did I roam.
A dullard they saw me,
A laughable fool to all.
Gawked and stared at,
My self-esteem did fall.
Until blackness fell over me,
I tripped the light fantastic.
Living in a world all my own,
Electricity crackled in my mind.
Lightning bolts fired up my imagination,
God's free energy flew before my eyes.
Oxymoron, idiot savant they called me,
Starman a Rain Man, uncommonly wise!
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Regis
You have captured the essence of one unable to give explanantions. In their world though, we are the strange.
Hope all is well with you and Bridget!
Cryssa :~)
I love the movie "Rain Man" with AWESOME Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise, that movie opened up my eyes!
as you have, AFTER reading your lengthy but honest and provoking Bio STarman!
Thank you for visiting and staying here since April!
I shall come and visit again real soon! I just know it...
Your images in this poem are starkly vivid!
Love your style of writing and feeling!!!
PEACE Be With YOU!
Warmest Blessings, Purple Lady Passion, SHEExooo
WRITE ON!
Now! I want to see Rainman/ I have my hands on it now! D.V.D.BEST Picture of 1998 and a real eye opener to PEOPLE, feelings, the Unknown we don't understand, unless we O P E N our eyes and listen and feel with our hearts! I wish you nothing but the BEST! that life can offer you! YOU creative and SMART man! P.S. I have a pict. I Need to send you, I feel it in my gut, I have to find your email addr. on your Bio IF it is there... ON Electicity and it 's on the site I shared in the message to you as well ~ YOU may find it on your own! PURPLE LIGHTNING/etc...hint and IT'S REAL!
Be always safe,
Karen
A splendid poem! Bravo!Thanks for sharing...
ET
Sincerely,
Regino
If You As I Fall Get Back Up One More Time You Will Make It To The Your (That) End!!
Believe You Me (God) Is Expecting You (Me) To Be (Fall Idiot) Savant!!
Read My Latest To (God Damned ) That Effect!!
Your Friend TRASK...
Indeed, Starman, electricity cracked in your mind.
-gene.
(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in Tx., Karen Lynn. :D
Welcome to my world where there are only screams of rage if you accomplish anything, where they will battle each others bloody for the privilege to be the first to put you down.
But like an untouchable from India, the cobras will shy at your approaching shadow because they knew you are one of the Chosen.
They didn't believed in Thor's existence until the strike of his lightning bolt made them aware that, by then...it was too late.
Georg