Author's Note! This is very important so please read!
For my creative writing class we read a one act play by Samuel Beckett called Not I. The teacher then asked us to write a nonsense poem that could have been like the Jabberwocky (by C.S Lewis), be to a tune, anything. So I asked if I could write something like Not I and she said yes. When I wrote this it was originally nonsense and just about a random person killing themselves because they were crazy for some unknown reason. Then I reread it and thought "Hmm, this is kinda similiar to the end of Secret Window (both movie & book)" so I rewrote it so it would fit the movie. This, of course, has an ending different than the movie and the book. Well, similiar to the book. But anyway, I found it in my notebook so enjoy.
OH! Another note! Please don't get mad if this isn't really "poetry" because I haven't the slightest has how you write it because I can't stand it. I just read this in front of the class and the teacher didn't object so I'm assuming this fits some type of poetry. Now I'm done :)
The Imaginary Becomes Real
Running, racing, too many
It wasn't loaded
It was
You wanted to
It wasn't loaded
Too many thoughts, too little time
Coming, running, walking
Getting closer
The footsteps, the laughter
He's coming
I didn't do it
Yes you did
They told
The clanking of his boots
The accent
It was mine
Always
He's a liar
He's not real
I grabbed it
The door slammed, he's here
He's not real
I tried to stop
It was too strong
The imaginary becomes real
He doesn't exist
I'm not crazy
He doesn't exist
I saw him
He doesn't exist
You killed them
He killed them
You had to
He did it
Did he?
The imaginary becomes real
He doesn't exist
Or does he?
The imaginary becomes real
The ending is the most important part
I raise it to stop him
This one is perfect
Bang.
Whoo! Amazing right? Ha, ha, ha. Anyway if it doesn't make sense to you, it's ok, it's not supposed to :)
Well my lovely teacher had us write another nonsense poem different from the one we've written. So if you want to read that (still a nonsense poem) please go to the link here : http:// www. fictionpress .com /s/2728670/1/The_Cheerful_Poem
Minus all of the spaces of course :)