Feelings

Feelings
I hurt
so I put on my protective mask
it stops the insults from getting through
I am wounded
so on goes the scooby doo bandage
over the big gaping hole in my heart
there is no way
i want you to peel that
bandage off and get a glimpse at my scar
I am angry
so I lash out at you
defenses up
like Fort Knox
I guard my pride
like a sentry
try it I'll shoot
I am depressed
my zest for life
disappeared
thrown out with the moldy lemon peel
I am stressed
don't ask me to do one more thing
want to escape to an island
escape my blood pressure
which has gone through the roof
I am disappointed
put so many expectations on you
you didn't live up to
can't see that you are
hurt, wounded, angry,depressed, stressed and disappointed too

I am sorry

Reviews

[Lyn Anderson]

This poem sums up the complexities of relationships beautifully. I love some of the simpler lines - the scooby doo bandage is at once funny and sad. Clever work.

[jane7z]

The few poems I read of yours were simple in some ways like mine but you have a much more sensual quality thank you

[Chris]

Life happens - to everyone.

Some smiles hide what we don't want to survive... and yet we do. Seems you mapped what it means to breathe day-to-day.

[jane7z]

Thanks Chris you are a good reviewer

[Chris]

Me? - nah, just a thought-full one.

[jane7z]

Well I think you are each piece you have commented on has made view it diiferently

[Chris]

that is why our work is more complex than many see at first. Sometimes the meanings change to fit the reader's sense ...and sometimes not.

[jane7z]

It's funny I read some of my work and wonder how it came out of me at all lol. You are right though and until broken down it is not easy toe the thought processes that went into a piece in the first place

[Chris]

The silent moments in the house... ya hear the keyclicks and no clue what just flew behind the eyes as you try to put in the other thought you have almost forgotten... sigh

[jane7z]

Lol right on