In Anguish

In anguish he screams 
What you want from me
Then hold his head in his hands
With his whole body shaking and heaving

Claustrophobic and feeling undone
When will there be rest
From the sorrow of self pity 
So he can lie in peaceful solitude.

© Paul Warren Poetry
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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