Still Thirteen
a ma lingering effect from angst riddled adolescence
written some years ago, the psycho social mental events
indelible imprint etched psyche ova this pa on a win tree day hence
though a survivor of self starvation i yam confounded
what drove this emotional, physical and spiritual sense
less (and socially costly) ambition to die with fur vents
see, that invariably can let me be linkedin to other gals or gents
enduring the quotidian onslaught of this immense
lee debilitating illness of the mind, where emaciation reveals abs cents
of properly healthy flesh, which grim reaper insignia
viz skull and cross bones readies to snatch a body to dispense.
despite forty three birthdays elapsed
since cataclysmic eruption rent asunder
while ironclad maiden of deathly hallows clasped
psyche, an internal maelstrom wrenched
worthiness pitting mien as blunder
bulldozing with razorblades
former childhood wondrous glee raising suicide
quiet riotous ambition, a painfully slow
(self starvation) mine inexorable ride
which chronological frieze kept hog tied
and hide bound this one grown male
dredging haunting spectre –
where to be gratefully dead – within elysian dale
youngest o me two female progeny
segued untrammeled ten plus eight years
on february fourth two thousand seventeen
triggers flashback to wretched tears
sans that insidious roiling jagged stone
shredding/ thwarting desire to be alive
shockwaves extant to this day -
no matter long since recovered from nose dive
emotional, psychological & social repercussions
hound me present mental state
indelible permanent scars
(per anxiety, panicky, quirky tics) seem never to abate
try as I might to shake free
from the riptide affects that drowned this boy to grow
he experiences an especially perilous remembrance
of that abysmal infernal woe
when thee second punim o thine
two lovely offspring passed that milestone age
with nary a hint how her papa felt locked up
within his abysmal agonizing stage
impossible to forgive permanent harm
inflicted not only on self but searing pain
my late mother & octogenarian father
whose angst this dada insight re: did gain
from bringing forth his own progeny each a smart reed
exploring cornucopia of life experiences -
unlike mice elf at their ages
which years eclipsed at break neck speed
whereby each special daughter -
daring to block and tackle challenges indeed
with great rolly poetry to engender.
Copyright © Matthew Harris | Year Posted 2016
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