Five Poems By Sean Tierney

Sean Tierney is a 31 year old poet with OCD and a panic disorder living in South Florida. His poetry often reflects the derealization he experiences at times.He has been involved, both as a contributor and editor, with Ra Press of Vermont and the Adirondack Center for Writing going on eight years now. This year he will be judging the poetry contest for the Poetry Society of South Carolina.

HAVE YOU SEEN ME?

I mean, like staples

in a telephone pole

there is often something

missing

DEMENTIA

drawn / erased

like a moth without

his sunglasses

it made sense

a second ago

just fill the

page, buddy

you'll be OK

IN EVERY CALM RIVER

THE BULL SHARK TURNS

it's just a feeling

you get

while the

buildings

and people

move with

great speed

all around

you

like someone is

hitting the gas

then the brake

over and over

and sometimes

your mind

is like a toilet

flushing

and to keep from

disappearing

completely

you focus

on a single

brick in

the road

and move

towards it

carefully

for the rest

of your life

WARLOCKED

the slow pull of an endless worry

tied to itself like a magician's scarf

INHIBITION AT 20,000 FEET

there you are

blooming

like the cardboard lip

of a milk carton

oh, and there's me

like a bee with

a plate of cookies

I see us

from the airplane

window

in its reflection

as I avoid

you