poem – Page 2 – Bryn Bamber

purple heart

I have won
the battle
with my mind.

I am awarded
a new
heart.

my anxiety comes on strong
when I cannot see what is happening

sound
is not quite enough
information.

what are all these
amphibians
doing in my mind?

cold blooded

can I surrender to the temperature around me?

I lash out at him
destroying
his arguments
in seconds

cut throat

“you don’t make any sense”

I will do anything
to avoid
accepting
the truth.

breath
expands
my heart

making it possible
for me to step out of
self pity
and into
myself

you stand in my way
blocking where I want to go

stop
getting in between me
and my life.

ripples through the crowd
we breathe

only a great
can create
such a feeling

1000 hearts flutter
then grow quiet.

I bask
in the afternoon
sun

held
even though I’m alone on the beach

sun warming back
freedom

slither
slender
snake
bite.

don’t take chances
be afraid

be alone,
never leave your house.

covered in frogs
make me sick.

what is this holiday?

I thought I had someone to cuddle this winter,
but I don’t.