The Prompt
Today Katie challenged us to write a poem that breaks all the rules. Or to write a rage poem. I chose the latter.
The Poem
I’ve avoided writing this all day
tears sprang to my eyes when I first tried
leaking
relieving pressure
but ready to blow
mad at the world
mad at myself
second guessing
every single choice
I’ve ever made
because I followed the rules
I did what I was supposed to
and everything shouldn’t be
so goddamn,
fucking hard
I have to remind myself
the world is more than
genocide
racism
free roaming pedophiles
I have to remind myself
of the beauty
but I also need to
make more space
for the rage
Processing
Anger and/or rage, even when righteous, are really complicated emotions for me. Partially because I didn’t even begin to learn to control my emotions until my early 30’s. (I’m an emotional intelligence teenager, really.) Couple that with those who love to gaslight you for showing emotion about injustice or bad behavior. And yeah… There’s a lot.
All of that to say, it was really hard for me to get started on this one. But the ideas because to flow once I did start writing.
What connects with you? Is anger or rage one of your tough emotions to talk about? Or is it something else? How are you feeling in general this mid-February?
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