Thread: Meanings of my poetry

QUEST

At age 15 I had a "nervous breakdown" which was brought on by a combination of years of physical and mental abuse. At the time of this incident I was heavily into alcohol and valiums. I attempted suicide and was committed to an institution. I was there for 33 days. In my first week spent there I wrote Quest. This is the most prolific of my poems in that summed up then, as it does now, my hardship of trying to fit into a "normal" society because I dwell in one of an esoteric structure and thought process.

The Captain

This poem was written to express my constant studying of religions and shamanic philosophies. It also expressed my disdain for most organized religions.