Wednesday, March 20, 2013

sometimes the only response...

This was written in response to the prompt from Poets United.
Verse First ~ Reaction
 
It's a little intense, so I recommend only mature readers.
 
 
 
 
It begins slowly, simply,
a flutter in the breeze.
Something moving deep beneath
the surfaces unseen.
It comes to life in breaths inhaled
then exhaled out again.
Growing, taking shape
within a space that is too small.
The first reaction something like
an itch that I can’t scratch.
An irritation, stinging
it starts a silent burn.
Pressure builds, mass expands
discomfort states its name.
Face to face we stand
with fists raised high.
Armed for this battle
I am poised for my attack.
Ready for war
I will not let you win.
Stifle, beat you, take you down
go back to where you came.
I will not let you show your face
in this place again.
Feverishly running faster
I will stay ahead.
You will chase me away from here
and this will pass.
It’s too much now to sit here
and to let this all transpire.
I feel too much
 
and so I make the cut.


9 comments:

  1. Your words build a crescendo of emotion and anxiety so convincingly. And that last line, in smaller font, shamed. This piece accurately conveys the process leading to self-injury. You have explained it well.

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  2. I love the two voices that merge. One of anger the one of resolution sadly the result is injury
    gr8 reaction piece

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  3. This is intense, and gripping, really holds the reader. The last line really brings it home, painfully so.

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  4. Great power and strength in these words that make my hair stand on end. It really is gripping.

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  5. A very intense struggle, with reaction well described.

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  6. You have written this well. I understand deeply feeling too much. I am often guilty....

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  7. Kim called it "a crescendo of emotion and anxiety", a very powerful description with which I tend to agree here. Well written and expressed, Andrea!

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  8. thank you all very much. this a very powerful topic and the prompt in my opinion really opened a door to cover it.

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