Unchained

I know my writing has not been at it's best. I am having trouble feeling much of anything these days and writing is the only way I can slip back into normalcy.

Skin that once dripped crimson onto my porcelain wrist

Now stretches and molds a fading pink reminder

We don’t have to remain an open wound

 

Years of an angry monologue etched onto my brain

Slowly rewritten by an author who knows pain

But isn’t walking the cellblock of that prison

 

The child that filled her heart with misplaced grief

Blooms into a woman with great fervor

And seizes the dreams for that child

Reviews

[NotUsinganymore]

Very bautiful poem about fighting against your pain. I really love this poem.

[poison&kerosene]

Thank you JungLee for your kind words! Appreciate you stopping by :)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i love this...the transition from the troubled teen into the woman who understands the worst, and through it all fiercely, aggressively goes after that dream...for the child who couldn't.
i am with Ted...your latest pieces are personal, potent and show "great fervor" in form and content.
we are all dealing with open wounds these days, and for most of us poets, "angry monologue"!
j.

[poison&kerosene]

I have recently moved across the country and left everything behind so my writing is stemming from the emptiness and loneliness. But the emptiness makes me feel as though my writing is lacking these days. Thank you for your kind words and I hope we can all change that angry monologue into something that preserves our ability to write while also bringing us peace!

[Ted Kniffen]

Not sure why you would think your writing hasn't been at its best, because this is excellent poetry. We can all be our own worst critics, which is why it's good to send them off and wait for feedback.

A good write p&k.

[poison&kerosene]

I just feel the compulsion to write but I am not proud of what I am publishing on here. Thank you for helping me restore some of my confidence!

[Ted Kniffen]

Most of us have a writing compulsion ... we cannot help ourselves ... it has been that way for me since I learned to write. Most will call it the Muse ... she can be rather capricious at times. You know, I can't really say pride enters into the equation ... maybe satisfaction now & then that something we wrote touched a reader ... it's the best we can hope for.
Keep at it ... you have talent.

[poison&kerosene]

Yes it definitely is something that has always lived within us. I am happy to have a muse even when she isn't wholly present with me. Coming from a writer as talented as you I am incredibly happy. Thank you!

[Paul Bell]

Wouldn't worry too much about how your writing is just now, the world is slightly bonkers anyway.
You can only write how you feel. Never stop being a child, it keeps you young.

[poison&kerosene]

I agree it is a crazy time and having an inner child is useful in heavy times such as this!