ANGRY JACKET
photo by Cronin Detzz
wearing your jacket of anger
deploying your umbrella of denial
carrying a briefcase of shame
trudging to work with a stiffened smile
You smother your feelings
with your thermos of hatred
drinking it lustily as it burns your tongue
wondering when, exactly, life
slipped sideways
This wasn't how it was supposed to be
This wasn't how it was supposed to be
Slip on your leaden shoes
and drag your heartache around
scream inside your head
until you are deafened to love's sound
Or
Draw the bows from your quiver
aim at your traumatic past
and finally kill your demons
and drag your heartache around
scream inside your head
until you are deafened to love's sound
Or
Draw the bows from your quiver
aim at your traumatic past
and finally kill your demons
Burn your angry jacket
in the bonfire of vanities
in the bonfire of vanities
Wear rose colored glasses
and peer into tomorrow
see it embroidered with possibilities
and peer into tomorrow
see it embroidered with possibilities
Until at last
through heart-felt gratitude
you can freely run naked
in the satiny, silky present
through heart-felt gratitude
you can freely run naked
in the satiny, silky present
-poem by Cronin Detzz, 2013
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