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Poisonous Obsession…Writers Quote Wednesday

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For this week’s Writers Quote Wednesday challenge, we have an interesting prompt ‘obsession.’

There are times I’ve questioned my reason for writing. Why am I so subsumed with this demanding mistress of mine? Could it be defined as an obsession?

….and I realize that to stop writing would be fatal! It’s like asking me to stop living. How will I speak when my voice is dimmed?

I can live with my irresistible passion, even if you call it an obsession, though I’ve written a poem about fatal obsession below.

“To be the object of someone’s obsession is horrible.” Tippi Hedren

They said their love was written in the stars
she reveled in her attractive man from Mars
he made her feel coveted like a prized possession
even when it became a smothering obsession
she excused it as the ultimate profession
of love, that turned fatal in slow progression.

From obsession to repression,
to recession and aggression…
a total mind game bent on suppression
to bring about her complete subservience
he pummelled her into manic depression
with his consistent intelligent oppression

His love became the poisonous dangling apple
that choked anyone who cared to take a nibble.

The End!

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Out of the silent breath

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Published by jacquelineobyikocha

A wordsmith with a vivid imagination, an eager mind and a burning desire to carve out tales. As I journey with my muse to that land of all possibilities and self discovery, I hope my personal evolution will serve as a beacon of inspiration for anyone who chooses to stop by.

24 thoughts on “Poisonous Obsession…Writers Quote Wednesday”

      1. It is great fun to have a prompt each week. I love to see where everyone’s creativity leads them! ❤

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  5. I love this poem Jacqueline. The rhyming/half-rhyming words at the end of each line had great strength and made the poem feel repressive. I think love and writing need room to breathe. It’s fine to love writing but we need people around us and to do other things to inspire us and to breathe. It is often too easy to write and shut everyone out. I have learned to work on that. As for love we know we need to let our partners breathe and have their own life as well as “Your couple life.” Suffocating love isn’t right, I’m not sure it’s even love. Great write I liked this.

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  6. Don’t worry Jacqui, you’re not alone. I too am obsessed with writing. 😉 I love your poem although it ends sadly. It’s so full of passion and urgency. I think I held my breath until the end. Don’t ask me why. Ha, ha. Well done.

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  8. The poem is fantastic 🙂 I’ve begun to wonder lately if I’m becoming addicted to writing. I suspect the answer to that is yes. I think that if had to stop writing at this point, I’d mourn a part of myself. Referencing back to your poem, it does a perfect job of illustrating the dangers of a love that goes too far. Obsession is not love and should never be mistaken as such.

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I love it when you decorate my heart with your words..