Calm Before a Storm

poem by: Tony Matthews
Written on May 31, 2017

My mind is broken.
Darkness comes,
Darkness goes.
RAGE just ensues.

The hold it takes, I know not of.
The FURY, the ANGER,
No control,
Pure FRENZY.
The blindness, the numbness.
The ANGER grows,

My mind is broken.
Darkness comes,
Darkness goes.
RAGE just ensues.

Pressure like a Volcano.
Once I go, I cannot stop.
Let the Lava flow.
The explosion damages,
The explosion destroys,
The explosion Kills.

 
My mind is broken.
Darkness comes,
Darkness goes.
RAGE just ensues.

Watch out for the Calm before the Storm.
The silence,
The stillness,
Dead,
Immovable.
There is nothing,
Then it HITS.
FEROCIOUS intensity,
Nothing stands in its wake.
The devastation is immeasurable,
What just happened?
I was trapped,
I was helpless.
Is anything safe?

My mind is broken.
Darkness comes,
Darkness goes.
RAGE just ensues.

 
The Volcano slows,
It’s coming to a stop.
The Storm is dissipating,
There is just calm.
Looking back to see, what is left in ANGUISH!
Looking back to see, the WASTE!
Looking back to see, what is left to SAVE!
Looking back to see, what it is I’ve LOST!

My mind is broken.
Darkness comes,
Darkness goes.
RAGE just ensues.

The Volcano is dormant,
The Storm is gone.
How long will the calm last, 
No one knows!

My mind is broken.
Darkness comes,
Darkness goes.
RAGE just ensues.

 

Tags: sad, anger, scary, dark, fear,

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Christopher Russon commented:
Well written poem.
Tony matthews commented:
Ty Christopher

 

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