Challenge
Write a poem about anger.
Don’t use the word “anger” or any synonyms. Show the reader anger. Make them understand without being told.
Hammered
You stab me with venomous spit
soak me in tormented moans
slash me with sharp knife words
rip my smile and sliver my esteem
thick boots of lacerated phrases
acid rupturing my life in furrows
floor littered with broken glass
fractured like yesterday’s bones
vomit reeking on floor in anguish
pinpricks of bruising insults, leaving
tracks dribbling across my distress
standing on my chest, you stomp
a preying vulture denting my skin
down on my knees, I hide my soul
from your red face screwed up
as you slit wounds in my heart
bleeding crimson torment drops
shattered life inside word toxin.
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