Spiders in My Head

In my head
Spiders in the head
Spinning webs
Planting false memories
Feeding on pain and misery

Choking on pills that let me see
The world ringing the life out
My soul in chains
Breaking limbs
Insane

Spiders in my brain
Spinning webs
Suffocating daydreams
Escape in need

Cobwebs in my eyes
As the spider dies.

This poem deals with the issue of being on medication almost all my life. It is heavy in metaphors; just in case you did not catch that. I believe this was written back during college when I was on some medication that was not working right, and I was getting fed up with it.

I do believe that medication is a great thing when it works, but when it doesn’t it can be a very scary thing.

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Andy McRae

I have been writing poetry for the last 13 years. It all started as an assignment for a creative writing course. I never thought I would like writing, as I am dyslexic and language was always a struggle for me, but I fell in love with the art form in that class.

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