Why am I still awake?
Something
boiling in me.
Something
Wanting to come out.
But I keep it in me,
Tying it with chains and strapping it
To my heart,
So that it will feel my heart beat.
It will know that I have a heart.
And maybe;
Just maybe,
It will quiet down.
But mostly it won’t.
So I’ll have to stay awake at midnight
To let it out
Without punching myself in the face,
Without cutting a vein,
Without being dumb,
In the only way I know how.
That only way
Is poetry;
Burning in me
Like fire trying to melt a broken bottle,
So it won’t become a pain to some careless lad.
It only hurts me.
It should only hurt me,
Because I chose to get hurt.
I chose to hold the fire long enough
For the firewood to come.
And when it comes,
I get the paper
And write.
Comments
Post a Comment