Anxious Poets Society
OCD Monster by Sayer Keely
A figure of trepidation,
With it’s agonizing stare.
Never righteous enough
To continue in its rivalry
With the silence of unknowns.
Everyday I walk alone among them,
A sea of rumination,
A never-ending storm
Of unwanted thoughts.
Strangling me,
As I continue to fall.
Fall into dark.
I’ll dig a little house of my soul,
And live there.
Though the walls crush me,
It’s safe inside
My shrinking mind.
Sayer Keeley is a Senior at the Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where he majors in Creative Writing. He has written occasionally for years, but hasn’t embraced his love for words until this past year. Sayer plans on going to college for English Education.