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Kadeji Mahmood
Tara Smyth
ENG4U
17/10/22

Caught in Delirium

I was caught in a delirium,

As I escaped the monsters in my head

Call it reverie and escapism

fleeing from the appalling life I lead

Through the house, my parents' squabbling rang

I covered my ears and then closed my eyes

And dreamt of a jungle where birds sang

Songs of bliss and joy under azure skies

Then I was on crunchy, yet soft sands,

With ocean waves crashing against my feet

I felt down, but my skies saw no clouds

I was friendless, yet I ran with wild beasts

My head tiny, yet a wide prairie

I was small, but stood on the highest peak

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My eyes little, but I saw the sea

I was odd, yet I was greatly unique

But reality: a prison enclosed

I sat and watched within its soaring walls

As it filled the brim and overflowed

A rippled sea of my fantasies calls

I have already drowned deep enough

So why would I fear getting wet again?

A soft hand plunged down and seized my cuff

Bringing me back to my dreams once again

Life continues throwing things my way

I locked myself in my peaceful figments

And went back to my sun kissed prairie

Treasuring those false, yet precious moments

Theme:

When faced with depression, sometimes one’s imagination, where everything is fine, is the only

escape.
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Reflection:

I had 2 friends back in middle school who were going through depression and facing a hard

time. They had trouble with their family members, as well as trouble with being sociable in

school. My friends told me that they would just imagine things never happened and they were

living a happy life. They used imagination as their coping mechanism. I remembered these two

2 friends and wrote this especially for them.