Rage Is Not Mine To Keep

Anger
I cannot feel
For when my lip twist and turns
Theirs nurse those fated words

Hostile
Rough, her hair and skin 
Are tough
The ash falls

The embers and flame 
Snuffed out by a gust of 
Impenetrable change

Rage is not mine to keep
No it is theirs
Their spear and the bullet
With the barrel pointed to the forehead
Of the finger on the trigger

Anger, Joy
They do not know the difference
For my shouts hold a
Certain tone 
A shift in the air

A laugh
Or is it a cry
For help
For anyone to
Please help

Rage is not mine to keep
Neither am I

My hands bound
Turned away from the air of
Boundaries
Do you not know boundaries

But I am angry
I am so angry 
I am so angry that I could just

Rage is not mine to keep
Neither am I 

For the smile that graces my face
It filled with teeth that 
Hold it all in 
And all I

Want to do is 

scream  

I want to scream and
Feel the things promised
To me didn't they say
I could have my

Own

They own my

scream

They own my scream
And rage is not mine to keep 
Neither am I

Copyright © | Year Posted 2023



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