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Coping

April 14, 2014
By jdito3339 BRONZE, Mundelein, Illinois
jdito3339 BRONZE, Mundelein, Illinois
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Favorite Quote:
"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."


Fingertips
bounce
a centimeter up,
a centimeter down,
fast-motion blurs,
unconscious slips.

Inaudible taps
on my desktop,
craving to be heard,
rescued,
comforted.

Fingers
now tremble
a millimeter up,
a millimeter down,
hovering
in the air.

Salted,
heavy drops
land on the shiny
rings
that decorate
them.

[griiiiiiiinndd]

Dry,
open hands
turn damp
as fingers
curl under,
nails digging
into palm.

Anxiety
converts

[no formula]

into rage,
anxiety turns
deep red
into hot,
painful
anger.

Fists

[fly?]

throb,
eyes burn,
until realizing that
escaping
what is there,
what is real,
is not possible.

Fingertips
surrender,
and eyes close,
in hopes
that next time,
there will be
a follow-through.


The author's comments:
I really hope people don't see this poem as "that poem about the angry young adult who is angry at life." I'm trying to convey here the conflict so many people face today with showing their true emotion. Here, someone is clearly upset. They want to punch something. Maybe that's a pillow, the wall, who knows. The thing is, they can't. Maybe it's because the repercussions will be too severe. Maybe because they will awaken someone in their home. Either way, they are upset they cannot truly express themselves, and reverting to calmness is difficult.

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