Stress

So, maybe this fate was meant for me
....Or maybe I'm just being hard on me
But maybe I shouldn't have licked the blade...
...But, damn, I just wish this pain would fade.

Author's Note

I wrote this yesterday during church (See the irony there?) It just came to me, I guess.

Reviews

[dovetailer]

That painful feeling always happens to me when I lick that blade.. :)
We all know that feeling...we all wince when we picture what flows from your soul... We al ask, "is this all there is for me...is this my fate?
or? Is there some other pain I wait upon?"
I think this is one of your best poems...of the ones I've read, anyway.
Very nice.

[Sports Girl]

This was really good. I know the exact feeling in a sense. It was short, but still very well written. I enjoyed it. Plus you got the point across.

[(JR) Joshua Hernandez]

wow, great poem

[M.A. Van Dyke]

I accidentally (partially) severed, wait... partially severed, not a partial accident... anyway, I severed a tendon in my hand on accident once, so that's how I relate to this poem... Despite the bad memory, I like it! Now, uh, I haven't been to church in about a decade, so forgive me if I'm missing something here, but I'm taking your reference to a blade figuratively rather than literally. If you go to a church where knives are part of the service, that's cool too! Lol, have a good one!

[Bridget Mcmaken]

wow very well written. You have so much power and sadness in your words. Wonderful poem.

[Coyote Poetry]

A strong poem. Each statement digging into the mind to understand the right and wrong. I like the last line. A outstanding short poem.
Coyote

[Kelsie Eileen Stark]

Brilliant write~ I loved the wording~