My Glass JarA Poem by WhiteroseMy pain, my anger goes inside the glass jar Drop by drop by drop It has been trickling inside So many years, my glass jar has been my faithful companion Holding dearly the emotions I don’t like to express It’s been so long since I found my jar That I no longer notice how my emotions pour inside it The cap is always tightly forced, Those emotions constantly threatening to release themselves Its been so long So very long That those emotions are running together Forming one incoherent mass The strength of all those moments of emotional weakness A drop of anger slips through the cracks A drop of sadness slips through the cracks I bite my lips to keep from crying More drops slide through, Mixing together the salty tears and burning anger left unexpressed I fold my knees to my chest, cradling my fragmenting jar I don’t want it to explode I don’t know how to handle it If I cover the cracks with my fingers, Maybe Maybe I can save it Maybe my emotions will stay inside Where they won’t damage anyone Where the pain will only be in my bloody fingers, Cut by my own shattering jar My heart will remain unharmed, if only I leave the pain in my hands The pressure inside my jar continues building My hands strain, blood mixing with the escaping emotions There’s nothing else I can do My jar will burst soon, cutting those around me with glass and dark emotions I fold into myself, trying to prevent the inevitable In my desperation to block the cracks, the lid of my jar bursts off The pressure inside my hands dissipates as emotions rush outward I flinch in horror at the destruction my jar has caused I look inward, at my hands With all the pain and anger released, my jar is empty but intact My own blood has scabbed over, sealing the cracks I should have learned that my jar is not my savior That perhaps it is the true weapon of the surrounding destruction Yet still I cradle it inside my arms, Drops of pain begin to fall inside I never learn © 2013 WhiteroseFeatured Review
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