Inside OutA Poem by nadia dmitriIt eats like its preparing for winterInside me there is beast Red and sour like a pomegranate Honest and ugly like a bathroom mirror Its teeth are growing sharper by the hour Its claws are growing longer by the minute Its roar is growing louder by the second It demands revenge, thorned and senseless revenge The kind that could never be justified Beyond the frantic flailing of a silent little girl Every piece of anger I have ever swallowed Has been consumed by this beast It eats like its preparing for winter It sits and waits with aching joints Locked behind a bitten tongue Stitching up its wounds with webs of lies One day it will stand with a confident spine Gaze at you with bloodshot eyes Open its unclenched jaw and cry out "Is this really what it has come to?" "Is this what it takes to finally be heard?" "Must I turn myself inside out for you to finally see me?" © 2024 nadia dmitriReviews
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6 Reviews Added on March 6, 2024 Last Updated on March 6, 2024 Tags: poetry, metaphor, symbolism, allegory, free verse Author
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