in the middle of the night
i will awake to heavy breath
and i will check my pulse
i will breathe deeply
i will rediscover the cold hard truths
that slumber has helped me to
briefly forget
in the wee hour of the morning
i will fight the good fight
i will completely forget the decades that have past
i will wage war on my former self
in hopes that someone
someday
will take me seriously
Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, June 2nd
18 hours ago
2 comments:
honest & vulnerable...good stuff, bro.
any chance you would give me permission to use this poem as a teaching tool with the teens i work with? i work with struggling teens at a creative arts boarding school & i think this would be another great example for them in learning how to express their own vulnerability and difficult emotions.
Thank you for the kind words, AJ. You're more than welcome to borrow it. No worries. Please let me know how it fares in your class.
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