Rage

against your failures
rage against them

against the worlds

beyond your center

all you could not find

from where you stand

rage 

against what could not be 

not for you 

not in this life

rage

rage

 

against that life,

the one that never came

that one that never comes

rage

rage

against all of her,

unfulfilled 

and failed desires

for you 

for everything

for all of us

and all of that

completely

and utterly

unrealized

and wasted breath

rage

rage against it all

rage

rage against them all

bring fury towards, all of it

all of them

rage against

every unfulfilled

and empty promise

rage against 

everything and anything

within this life

rage

rage against the wall

that one we always make

all alone

all for ourselves

between us all

and everyone

rage

rage

against every single thing

all we failed to grasp

in the in betweens

rage

rage 

rage against it all

against everything

and all you ever thought,

 you did deserve

but could never realize

rage

rage 

against the peace

against yourself

rage against the real

rage against the world

rage against it all

and what you always thought 

was forever and always 

     only yours

rage

rage

to your death

and die, 

die 

with that anger

forever eternal

forever unfulfilled

beyond one reason

rage

rage

into your grave

and be forgotten

be forgotten

 

Author's Note

Reviews

[DIVYA]

This poem has a very complete expression of rage, as I know it, as I feel it. It heaves like a restless, angry wave. Washing over every open, burning sore in me.

Very cathartic for me as I’ve had high aspirations in life but wasn’t born with the gumption to fulfill them. My rage is often directed against myself and those who broke me and are all the better for it in this fuckingly unfair life. (I strongly believe that cursing aloud works ;)) Of course I rage against myself. I’m the grossest creation of Nature!

It’s good to rage David. Good to create that entropy in the Universe. Let it all hang out there, fester and irk the s**t out of those who owe us. Despite the futility, the darkness, often associated with such rage, I feel much positivity in the words here. You were in a good, strong and insightful place when you wrote it.

[Davidgeo]

It is good to rage, but only if you can control it. Those who rage as their default setting tend to end up alone and forgotten. It's usually more productive to find a way to be happy in spite of all the past awful things; past outcomes are past, you can no longer control them... harboring anger for things like that is unproductive, stunts objective growth, and often leads to a repetition of past mistakes

[DIVYA]

Okay...There are things I can and do let go and there are things can’t and won’t let go. That’s just me and won’t apologise or look to change myself in ways I feel uncomfortable doing. It’s that anger, tended carefully that gives me the razor’s edge over the general stupidly happy populace. With it, I score a victory, a day. Given, it may kill me 10 years prematurely, yet as long as I’m around, I reign. F**k all..😼

[DIVYA]

Strangely David, I’m a typical subject here. A perpetually angry beast. Yet, I’m never left alone. I snap, I bite, I scratch yet I’m never lonely. Always had people clamouring for me. I get exasperated. Sorry for being a bit smug about it 😏

[Davidgeo]

Disagreeable people are almost always more ambitious and competitive, most business successful people are somewhat disagreeable; most familial successful people are more agreeable. This also applies to gender and is one reason for the pay gap... men tend to be more disagreeable on average. It's one of the Goldberg's big 5 personality traits that predict certain general behaviors (it's actually agreeableness but the opposite of the each trait is also applicable t). Rarely are apologies anything beyond lip service anyway, so f**k all that s**t. Just make sure you're purposeful with your anger, make it a tool... not just a reaction.

[DIVYA]

Now that’s a great point. Only the knee-jerk reactions have to go. That would make me daunting. Thanks for the thought.

[Diane]

This was pretty cool reading about something that a lot of people experience. Rage is painful physically and sometimes hard to control.

[BBP]

This poem was a very therapeutic read, you actually feel yourself embracing every line and letting a small part of you ignite with that rage. Pieces of life in every word here.

It was a punk rock anthem set to a beautiful orchestra.

[sinNsincerity]

"So lay down,
The threat is real."
#IntheRed

[Davidgeo]

Chevelle began, and the Loeffler brothers grew up, in the town directly next to the one I grew up in. Even though they're just an average tool clone/alt metal band you should still probably attribute the lyrics you just quoted to them, and at the very least get the song you're quoting right, it's not "in the red", it's just "the red"... and what's with the hashtag? That makes it seem like you're not trying to reference a song or give credit where credit is due, but, something else that is entirely stupid. Anyway, that phrase "in the red" has a very different meaning than either the song or this poem.... usually it is a financial one indicating a person is in debt or a company is losing money.

[John the Baptist]

I must say I have never seen such an exhaustive catalogue of things to be pissed off about. I must ask, is the poet speaking of actual, high, pedal to the metal, four barreled, King Lear grade rage, or something figurative? Is he endorsing bottomless anger or warning against it? The poem's ending can be seen as a kind of nihilistic gotterdammerung or a caution against the end results of chronic rage. As a somewhat less than passionate sort, I can applaud the work's intensity but I can't identify with it. My attitude toward chronic rage is that it leads to high blood pressure, jail time, or both.

[Davidgeo]

The end of the poem refutes the validity of everything before it. Perpetually angry people tend to die alone and forgotten. Try and look closer, it's an anti-rage message.

[Chris Shaw]

It is good to express your feelings. It's OK to rage. I remember Dylan Thomas and his rage against the dyiing of the light. One of the first poems I ever read. I am a firm believer in getting those emotions out in the open. Suppress them and they can lead to a whole bunch of trouble. Most of my rage is directed at myself and what I consider my inadequacies. And the rest usually goes towards politicians and their pathetic decision making. Or non decision making, more like it. From across the pond, good wishes.

Chris

[Davidgeo]

There is a difference between healthy anger and perpetual rage. I am not endorsing perpetual rage.

[Lady Tyke]

I love this! I could feel it wanting to burst out my mind and be spoken aloud as a way to scream it into reality. Makes me want to fight (in a good way) against all those things put on me that just aren't true. Feel rebellious against what is forced and confining. Well, to me anyway :)
Extremely relatable and, as always, well written and expressed.

[Tori Jones]

My gosh, I can totally relate to what this poem portrays. Very good word choices and great job keeping the theme going throughout. Looking forward to reading more of your work. Keep up the good work!
~ Tori