pull my trigger
watch me spew
my righteous anger
against the wall
leaving only the void
where your body is
as it slowly slides
down the wall
to puddle on the floor.
...
your tongue twisting
in circles around my ear
filling my head
with copper jacket shells,
a loaded gun
cocked and aimed
you are in my sights
just waiting for you to
pull my trigger.
do you wonder
where i got my gun?
you gave it to me
with every drive by execution,
one sided conversation
when i did not
live up to the image
you built of me
in the selfish little
kingdom of your heart.
...
do you find this
image disturbing?
what do you do
with your anger?
does it actually
make things better?
does it just fortify
the siege of your love?
does it motivate you
to change something?
if you are just waiting
for someone to
pull your trigger,
don't you think
its time to do
something different?
before its too
late...
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Change is in each of us. It is never really too late. Until it is.
Great (early) late piece.
My anger is always righteous, too, heehee, as opposed to other's regular anger.
OMG!Intense you certainly are!I was telling myself earler,how wonderful it was to know so many people,bloggers who have all their specific talents,their own unique way of writing.But I was telling myself,Brian is the most intense!Yeap and that post just proves me right!I love how you write and you have all the tools to write a good book.Great,great piece!;)
wow, that is anger...i use to feel this kind of anger, it has become less throughout the years.
much love
Seems we are ALMOST on the same wavelength today in our approach to this subject.
Deep thoughts with Brian...
I do not see anger as a useful tool...it causes us to be sporadic and miscalculated. YOU cannot make ME feel ANGER..therefore YOU cannot pull MY trigger...I CHOOSE to pull the trigger.
I hope as I am aging I am pulling the trigger less.
Good stuff.
I'm not even sure I have a trigger. I probably need one.
It's never too late to find out a better alternative to holding on to anger.
My relationship with anger is so much different these days.
Another great one Brian!
Alot to think about. good one. xx
I try to avoid it at all costs but sometimes it's impossible.
Understanding where it's coming from is key for me.
Great post, as always. Smiles!
Excellent. One of your best poems (so far).
You did anger as good as you do love!
That was some rapid fire brilliance!
I actually wrote a love story!(Book) lol
Brilliant words, Brian.
Go ahead, make my day!!!
Great piece. I could go on interpreting it for a week. But that would make me late for my own post. Happy TT
only one bad decision can change a life(lives) for freakin' ever. A very sad reality. Excellant words and structure...cool.
You have great insight to the hearts and minds of hoomans.
I can relate to this. When I was younger, I had a terrible temper! Now, I'm nice and mellow. Guess those "anger management" classes helped. Great post! Happy TT!
Yes!
Anger does nothing but whip around and hit you in the ass...
Energy never disappears, it just changes form or direction....
You seem angry with anger. ha!
I have come to know that I must allow myself to feel anger. It is a human emotion. I have had to learn healthy ways of expressing that anger that does not hurt myself or anyone else. Then it passes.
Great post.
PG
Love this post Brian.
"your tongue twisting in circles around my ear"
GrrrrrrrrrrrrEAT!!!
Happy tt.
Those first few lines were so explosive, I was in at the first. Great poem - change before it's too late, especially when dealing with anger. Much to think about! Happy TT!
I don't have anger issues. But I have many family members (including my son) who do.
Great writing - as always.
You had me on the edge of my seat! That was intense.
Great 55.
jj
The Jedi Master goes to the Dark side . . .
I learned to count to 10 years ago. It stood me in good stead, considering my career choice.
Sandi
I have a hard time with anger. Mostly because I've been on the receiving end of it's ugly wrath far too often. I've come a long ways but I still struggle with being in the same room with someone that is angry and I get the feeling they are ready to come out of their skin. I am learning to allow myself to be angry instead of turning it inwards. I've really had to work on this since quitting smoking. Ugh.
I love your way with words Brian.
Oooh, I love that!
We have GOT to get together and resurrect something. ;)
Whoa, very intense but I love it!
Intense. I am glad I am not too late to read it.
Late...
Deep! And thanks Brian! I'll be aware!
Wow... is this how you say "I'm pissed!"
oh yes, waiting to lash out certinaly doesn't take us to a better place. only our behaviour, CHANGED behaviour, can do that...
Loved the rapid fire stacatto of this post. Yes, how often do we push others to do what they do?
This one was seems somewhat dark, but still extremely poignant and well written...
;)
Wow.Great Prose Brian. The song "Save The Last Dance For Me" rang through my head as i read it........
Anger is a Mirror I Guess?
Great Writing Sir!
Such fear beyond this anger, you never fail to amaze me
Interesting take on the subject. Profound and relevant. Thanks for the post.
Afraid I was seeing this too literally as we just had a 3 year old shoot himself in the head with his father's gun. His father is a soldier and should have known better to leave the gun in the child's reach!
Well, I've had a few days like this. I'm not one to keep mine bottled up inside because it grows and becomes another monster all together when I do.
Poweful imagery in this poem...
Some startling and powerful images here, Brian. I really liked the "tongue twisting in circles" bit especially. I KNEW you were a poet!
That IS disturbing.
ok, so i went intense again...i dropped a few emails back o some of you but...this is really from the perspective of some of the kids i work with...and the cycles of anger they go through...if we were honest we all have those moments when we let things build up until it blows...and then someone pulls our trigger and they get what has been building up...is there a different way...yes...but some have a hard time seeing it.
yes this is very intense. i see and understand more clearly now where this piece came from. i thought you had some connection with troubled kids from your post regarding cutting.
once again, very well done.
nice style.
smiles,
I'm glad I saw your last comment there. I was going to ask you if you just beat your wife. Glad to see you didn't...
Anger! Hm... I seldom gets angry but when I do I do not just get angry but enraged. But it'll soon be followed by a fit of solitary sobbing and cursing me-self as I never like to get angry.
Very intense, gripping indeed and a little too scary but real ins some ways as domestic violence acted and that acted out in the workforce with real gunning downs has increased exponentially over the last year with the economy in decline, adding to people's already heavy loads. Yes, yes, if only some could see there are other ways to channel this, not take it out on those one once loved. How very sad when it goes unabated.
Also, what this bring me too is the innocent person on the other side, living with the person who is bristling already, ready to pop. Many make light of the fact it's incredible challenging to escape when their very life or families are threatened in the lulls.
Anger is best vented in (this) creative productive understanding way. -J
Damn......
S
euh yes, I do find this image disturbing
those last two stanza hit me like a bullet...How did you know I needed to hear this? But in a woman's defense...the hormones make us do it. = )
At my age, anger is only a passing fancy. I don't dwell on it...to me it's a waste of time. Yet, your words are eloquent and has a lot of backbone.
Thank you, Brian, for visiting with me today.
Your imagery is astounding.
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very powerful...and seems so simple that for all the abuse in relationships to not even happen...sadly emotions overrun the reasoning.
I like the word spew very much.
Wow, remind me not to get you mad.
oh, all those questions...and I wonder...what are the answers? very valid point to this one (hopefully, he will point it at himself, not me) haha
Ah wise words and a note to the gun lobby on both sides. I don't have much anger in me these days and being the eternal optimist hope it's never too late to walk away . . .
Intense, powerful, meaningful, scary.
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