Shattered
~Written by me Aug 27th, 2010~
The storm is moving quickly over the horizon,
coming toward me like a demon ready to attack
I try to run and hide,
but I’m locked in a state of frozen awareness
Deep inside,
I hear myself yelling get away, danger approaches
But my legs refuse to move, and the storm hits me head-on with brutal force
As the storm swirls around me,
my insides start to shatter from the pressure surrounding me
I’m at a point where I can’t see a way to make them come back together again
My world is falling apart right before my eyes,
and there is nothing I can do to stop it
I can only wait for this storm to pass,
to try to put them together again.
The wait is unbearable,
as I wonder what the future will bring
Will it get better when all is said and done,
or will it get worse?
Only time will tell what the outcome will be
Until then,
I need to stay strong,
keep things together,
until the sun comes back to me
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Thank you for taking the time to read my words.
This feels less like poetry that wants to be neatly interpreted and more like a raw nervous system on the page, which is exactly why it lands. There’s no attempt to prettify the pain here, it just sits in the storm and lets the reader feel how helpless that kind of collapse can be. I think that honesty matters, especially when people are so quick to turn suffering into something palatable or polished. This doesn’t do that, it stays inside the fracture, and that makes it hit harder.
April, this is so good. You really captured that feeling of seeing the storm coming, but feeling frozen and unable to do anything except get through it. That line about waiting for the sun to come back, I think so many people will recognize that feeling. 💛