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Second Thoughts on Anger Management


I think,
if I could not speak,
how many cigarettes I would smoke,
how much I would write,
and how much swollen anger would
burst onto these pages
that nobody would ever read


and the alliances
all around,
whispering shit-on-you secrets
next to dented walls
and teeth molds
made from chunks of flesh

from my arms

I try so hard to be a lady
but my voice that used to carry
fist-filled words
has no effect anymore
now that I have been mute for so long.

              Someone once told me
              I was such an intimidating person

              ...better than being
              nothing at all

 

 

 

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just ranting...

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  • fanniesson
    August 19

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    great read here
    I always hate saying
    that I loved a certain stanza
    but the first one the first one
    every poet must feel this;
    well anyway I do...


    • Catie Sheeran gold member
      August 20
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      wow...your really going back in time for me...lol. I forgot this poem..had to go back and re-read it. boy, this brings back memories (from march...lol ) I forget what I was so angry about. isn't that how it always happens

      thanks for the read


  • Yemassee gold member
    August 16

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    Probably the one who called the poem's speaker 'intimidating' is the same one that dented the walls, etc. That fits the modus operandi I know.

    If we can let it out, then let it out. Most of us can't and so we write about it and so it somewhat squeaks out, like air slowly released from a balloon.

    Sometimes intimidation is the only method of defense we have....

  • I really like this it is so strong. My favorite part is
    "whispering shit-on-you secrets
    next to dented walls
    and teeth molds
    made from chunks of flesh
    from my arm"
    Great write


  • MJ Donnelly gold member
    March 7

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    Amen! I'd rather be a rebel rouser than a mute malcontent any day! I also use poetry to vent at times.

    I adore you.

    mj.


  • Swan song gold member
    March 6

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    Deep deep deep is the well of the soul!!!!
    Very good very personal . This poem was made out of barbed wire and bailing wire it has grit

  • Your poems have me from the first word right until very the end. you have talent. another great poem

  • For years I never read poetry because the scene had become too clever and utterly dull, but you have placed poetry where it belongs. Love the poem.


  • Ken-Maverick
    March 2

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    Simply brilliant!!!
    You had me from the first stanza till the end,
    Great write buddy, all the best to you

    Ken


  • babybumm
    March 2
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    that was soo .. just amazing


  • stasis
    March 2

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    And sounding damn poetic in the process!

    I don't even know what to say to this. I know exactly how that feels and I say that a lot about your poetry because you always strike some chord inside me.

    "and the alliances
    all around,
    whispering shit-on-you secrets
    next to these dented walls
    and the teeth molds
    made from chunks of flesh
    from my arms"
    Amazingness. I don't even have WORDS for that...

    "Someone once told me
    I was such an intimidating
    small person

    ...better than being
    nothing at all"
    I LOVE THAT.

    Gahh... you're too good at this!

    ♣ Tegan




  • jasminerose
    March 2

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    Excellent Rant... and "intimidating" is a good thing
    Linda


  • mooniemc
    March 2
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    Great rant!
    Hugs, Moon

  • very nice

  • Nice put together ranting!!! If I must say...very well constructed. Like your voice in this.

  • i love this. very strong poem.

  • ooohhhh..snap, this is you - lol
    i really like this, it was like you snapping off someones head cause you spit so much you were talking so fast.lol. idk great job!
    Stephanie ♥

    • that is hilarious...it was a total rant still mad thinking about going back to work tomorrow ..lol

      • haha i know, omg, hehe, you really should spit on er, or in her coffee muhahahah

        • HA HA!!!! I should totally do that! she drinks coffee from the back room all the time!! maybe I should go get her some, ya know, to be nice

          • haha, oh crap, i created a monster

            hehe, you could. lol. she does deserve it

            • I never spit on anyone or their food/drinks...you think the ol man upstairs will let me have this one...you know..like a free pass? lol

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