I'm sorry

One night I was angry at my sister and the next thing I knew my shoe was flying across the room and hit her in the head. I wish I had never done it.I don't even remember doing it.

This feeling inside of me
needs to be unleashed
I don't want to do it
But I have no control

I reach down
And take off my shoe
I lift it up
And throw it

It hits your head
I don't even remember doing it
But I guess I did
Everything happens in slow motion

CLAUDIA! You scream
My name is like nails on a chalkboard
Your head is bleeding
and I run

The feeling inside of me
needed to be unleashed
I didn't want to do it
But I have no control
 

Reviews

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... suppression of emotion for a prolonged period of time leads to outbursts that can we violent ... a well-known insight into human behaviour ... yet an insight that is not as commonly acted upon as commonly as it is known ... this verse has a strong message ... a universal message ... a potent message ... a message that has been expressed with outstanding skill, precision and passion ... the title is absolutely brilliant ... and as the verse unravels ... the title simply overwhelms the reader ... a great impact is also achieved by the subtle changes between the first stanza and the last stanza ... with the journey from "needs to be unleashed" ... to "needed to be unleashed" ... made in a short span of time and with very few words ... the act of throwing an object at someone is dramatic ... but the drama lends itself to biting and echoing sadness in the third stanza ... with these haunting lines ... "i don't even remember doing it" ... "but i guess i did" ... "everything happens in slow motion" ... and that biting and echoing sadness merges into a deeper and more persistent pain at the fate of the narrator ... (the upper case making the name screamed stand out exceptionally well) ... who now has to "run" ... to escape the consequences of an act that the narrator has "no control" over ... owing to a prolonged period of emotional suppression ... this verse is brilliantly written and narrated ... it proclaims its message with great lucidity and sensitivity ... an amazingly thought-provoking write ... brutal and yet poetic to the core ...