When feelings are tangled conglomerates
unintelligible responses vocalize when asked simple questions.
Got a wealth of blank stares.
Silent churning thoughts for discreet calls to professional services.
Nervous laughter to punchlines that had no joke.
Zero-interval repudiation to
“Stop that nonsense,”
and
“Quit playing around.”
Raised eyebrows and suspicions but nothing concrete.
Requests for understanding and assistance a foreign language
as remnant tides of patient ones recede
well past decisions to leave a place that never felt like home
and live for each other as a result of
too much world
not enough earth
too much population
not enough community.
Who would choose to stay here?
Life in chaos has repercussions.
Sequestered souls create tormented minds.
Excruciating pain abandoned feeds on itself to quell hunger.
Repetitive trauma cycles and plenty leftovers
that policy and procedure can’t categorize—won’t touch.
People fall between cracks.
Become an annoyance
when their feelings in truth
are answers to questions asked for years
borne of sociopathic selfishness and suicidal rage
Captive exhalations a held hope,
the solitary key
to unlock freedom from its cage
in the belief it finds a way home.
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Comments (4)
So much truth in your words. Beautifully written. Thank you for sharing your passion :)
This was so powerful. I read it 3x. Keep this passion please!
This is great, and hold a lot of truth... too much world, not enough earth... indeed.
Your poem was so deep and had to much truth to it. I loved these lines: Sequestered souls create tormented minds. Excruciating pain abandoned feeds on itself to quell hunger. Repetitive trauma cycles and plenty leftovers I loved your poem so much!