The Jar
a girl owns a jar
known as a happy girl
not showing her true self
she saves up the negative emotions
stores them in her jar
then
when the jar is full
she shatters it on paper
black stained glass
thousands of pieces
across the page
she watches
anguish, anger, anxiety
seeping into hard pencil lead
picking up the pencil
she shapes the emotions
drags her pencil though the fear
swirls it over the pain
plunges it into the rage
her emotions for words
death, depression, despair
poured into stories and rhymes
told they are good
that she has natural talent
these emotions do her well?
confused, she keeps writing
until her words run out
and she sets out on a journey
to find a bigger jar
Copyright © Rachel Minami | Year Posted 2016
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