Collision



Words stuck at the tip of my tongue.

Anger, anguish, fear.

Struck is the whipped cream

on a cocktail of emotional pain.

I am a popped balloon.

You compared the two of us.

Your sister’s eyes said so much.

Deep down I knew.  Deep down I knew.

I wanted to be righteous.

I waited, I chased, I fought

to the acerbic end.

Ripped to shreds, waiting

For a scrap of pity from you.

Eyes glued shut with yesterday's tears.

I wanted to appease you,

So I could hate you properly.

Violent voices sprung at the ring

of my phone.  Cowered into

A corner, I leapt up and ran.

I threw things.  I tore away.

I vowed never again, never again.

History I can’t rewind.

I see myself in you, baby.

I had so much to learn.

It's going to hurt like hell.

Solitude, rugged individualism,

A wall so high no heart could climb,

My antidote.

Let's stop the doors from closing off.

You're worthy, you're worthy.

You must be kind. 

Grow humbly, with bright eyes, open ears,

Keep that heart busting at the seams.

You are bruised and beaten, but

The sky will fill out for you again.

A new horizon for you to explore.

Figures that want to love and care for you.

In time, this too will pass.


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