Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

Angry At the World Today

My back is aching but I can lift this. There is only one more giant box.
My muscles are tense, my neck is screaming.
My body groans, wanting to give up.
Why don’t we disappear and let someone else do this?
Voice of stupidity whispers.

It is time for a sane person’s nap,
but I am determined to punish my muscles.
Angry at them for getting saggy, baggy, noncompliant,
but most of all for not being young.
In a horrible mood now, I run around shrieking at others,
riling up the troops.
Baring my teeth, showing them the remnants of my emotional lobotomy.

Angry at everyone else for what I have done to myself.
Angry at everyone else for my negative self-talk.
Everything hurts now. Every single muscle, joint, and hair follicle.
I have bruised and bashed myself, but most of all, I am …..
Angry at the world for allowing me to get old.

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Ilene Bauer December 7, 2020 at 1:26 PM caren - we're all entitled to feeling like this from time to time, but from everything you've written, i know that you don't feel like this most of the time. i hope tomorrow will be a better day. i hate lots of things about getting old but there isn't much we can do about it... Caren Krutsinger December 7, 2020 at 5:54 PM I do not feel like this MOST of the time, but when I do it hits me hard.

Jenna Logan December 7, 2020 at 6:34 AM Caren, You need some 'me' time. A couple of Aleve, a dark room, soft pillow and total quiet. Indulge yourself and your pained muscles. You will benefit from it, and your family will still love you. You don't have to be old to feel the way you do...I've been there many times. HUGS. P.S. Give a hug to everyone you yelled at when you come out of your cocoon as a happy motherfly. Caren Krutsinger December 7, 2020 at 5:54 PM Thank you Jenna. I appreciate it.