Left Lobe Anxiety Poem by Stevie Taite

Left Lobe Anxiety

Rating: 5.0


Left lobe torment


Often I take a vacation
Where drive is on the right
I lay an alphabet of roads
paint my own scenery
sky suits a changing muse.
When I explore this place
I create
I express
I spill without anxiety!
But across the channel I reluctantly sail
Where drive is on the left
And it's a struggle
To steer through the neat mesh
surrounded by concrete
Feeling the limits of my route
I comply
I restrain
I spill often, with anxiety
But the temptation is
To get out and walk
On the right
And face the oncoming

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
I place myself in a job where you have to be organised to survive, but I am a dreamer. I more naturally reside in the right side of the brain! Don't know if you can see what I am trying to say in this poem, or if someone relates to that feeling of pushing yourself to be organised when it does not come naturally! I work in a school.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Sandy Player 02 January 2013

Theres organisation then there is working in a school. You really have crossed the channel then! This poem puts memories in my head; makes it easy to visualise. So i like it

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Owain Glyn 15 December 2012

Oh, so right! I spent my life in commerce when all I really wanted to do was send my memos in verse!

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Chandra Thiagarajan 10 December 2012

Nice thought encapsulated in your- Left lobe anxiety-! Well written. ENJOYABLE POEM!

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Maggie Munro 09 December 2012

There just aren't enough jobs out there for right brainers are there...so hard to benchmark, cost and audit (pardon the foul language) . Your anxiety is very well captured in this piece.

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