Flailing

Kaleidoscope, my workings are
like the duck's feet paddling
My brain refuses to stay calm
like an octopus struggling.

Intentional insights, I glean

from deep introspection

While undecipherable, they seem

Not amenable to subjection.

Lacerated heart bleeds

With a constant dull ache

There is no mend in sight

Here, happiness is at stake.

Optimism is the goal

Positivity my lifeline

While the world goes on

I crash down supine. 

Prompt: 3WW

Fragile

I flinch, when I am happy
pinching myself to reality
A constricted panic builds
Reminded of my frailty 

In an instant flips

hastily from joy to despair

the brain works in shrouds

At times without repair

A gaping hole exists

in this broken heart of mine

A void that shall remain

through the test of time. 

3WW