Forcasting Rain...........................

 

Hold my umbrella, keep

their words off my head

protect me

from this

cold

hard

acidic rain

as the ridicule falls

it drowns me

with arthritic pain.

 

Can I stand behind you

to hide my face

I cannot show them my light

they might blow it out

making my day 

a darker night.

 

Speak for me please

my mouth cannot open

but I hear their whispers

every word

seams to shrink me smaller

pull me back up

I need your help

to stand a little taller.

Reviews

[Frieda P]

This is an extraordinary write, very deep and personal...someplace in time I think we've all visited at one time or another. We become numb to if we're lucky, then there are those currents of despair that rain upon our soul so wounding. Captivating read.

[Muse]

being taunted and bullied as a child...34 years old now Frieda...but still, when I'm around a group of people I don't know, or around people I went to school with...I feel like I'm ten again...shrinking...shrinking I am.

[Frieda P]

I understand that well, I've never been bullied except by my own father, and I regress quite easily in the face of any kind of connection whatsoever.

[Muse]

my Dad did that too..called me stupid on a regular basis..I guess that's why bullying strikes a sensitive chord with me.

[Frieda P]

oh I got 'idiot' after stupid, how fun eh? That song 'Memories' comes to mind!

[Muse]

better yet....later in life I heard "I think of you and sex" in the same sentence....so he's dead to me now. Even if related by blood...some people cause too much pain to keep them around.

[Muse]

sorry Frieda...sorry for us..and all the dead beat fathers.

[Frieda P]

Same here dear friend, we showed them though, rose above it, most days anyway!

[Muse]

what does not kill us..can only make us stronger...wiser. xo

[Frieda P]

Yes but first it drives us insane! ;-)

[Muse]

I have underestimated the emotional scars..my gawd...after conversing with you briefly..I had to sit in a dark quiet room for a few minutes...regain composure.

[Frieda P]

Sorry, didn't mean to open old wounds. xo

[Clay Feet]

Once again you use your unique talent to shed light on small-minded people who look for reasons to attack another. Do not let anyone dim the light from your candle or alter your voice to make it sound weak. Continue to be a light beaming out from your lighthouse shedding light on the malevolent who would shrink you. Shout out! You have many hands and hearts pulling you up. Stand tall!

Excellent revelation of your inner fear and sadness. Beautiful writing, Muse.

[nevermindfan1991]

Another amazing poem very descriptive and captivating!

Awesome writing.

[M Garcia]

incredible

[Helpless]

the poem is incredible! and i really like the title you chose, its very different.

[roy mccarthy]

awesome poem,
i like the rhymes throughout it also!

[light and ashes]

We all need to take for those that are being put down and bullied. This poem is a cry demanding pleading for action. Fantastic!!

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

A prized and stagnant subject, but you breath life into the new, well done, great read.