Torpor

I have been accepting 
that I lost my courage to be vulnerable,
and I hovered over words that would not flow,
For my emotional tsunami hides in the insufferable,
I was just afraid to let this ache inside me go. 

My stygian soul then scheduled my mental breakdown
And the photosynthesizes of my overwhelming pain,
I have established that in this 
psychological baptism I drown,
But to grow is to immerse 
in my sacrifice and appertain,

Should I allow myself to break into small pieces,
then composition myself with love 
and become a Kintsugi soul?
My fearless spirit encapsulates a warrior 
in the world of Ulysses,
So I unboxed my Worth and discovered my Hope,

To understand my veracity is to feel it in my core,
That running only tires the internal child 
who is weeping,
Those tears power my garden of humanity 
while being restored,
Unearthed healing from truth 
in the eternal spring of the reaping.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2025

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artlyy Avatar
September 12, 2026 at 8:10 AM
I've really been enjoying your poem and the emotions and imagery were so vivid that i could easily picture them as beautiful illustration. I'm a commission-based manga/webtoon artist, and I'd love to help bring your story to life if you're ever interested. Feel free to reach out at gm@il : akiracomicart2@ or on inst@ akiraa_artly
Ramel Avatar
November 24, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Hi Angela....welcome to Poetry Soup....what I liked about this poem is your use of Kintsugi.....the Japanese art of fixing broken pottery....I too used that term in one of my poems entitled "To All The Mary's of the World"
Empress Avatar
May 26, 2025 at 10:29 PM
How evocative and soul stirring is this mistress of dungeon, so good to see you post here again, and i must say your poem is not only just brilliant , and creative, as always your exquisite diction is impressive but also theres an aching feel to it that i can truly sense as i read! I felt this one! Pleasure reading you today! Sending you light always
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