Pressure Heading Toward Implosion
Many things to do
Without appreciation
Challenges my mind
Pressure building more and more
Overheating
Outward anger turns inward
Respond
The pastor says the best way to respond to hate is love,
And the best way to respond to fear is with faith.
I know I have this juxtaposition deep within me, too,
But I get bogged down in the hate and the fear.
If we don’t fix it, we’ll be headed to where it’s too hot.
end
sleet and hail tearing through the air
sideways
rip tide at the toe
tornado swirling hair at the crown
dust combining with leaves and pine needles
bricks lifting from their grout
sun hiding behind smog haze
murky waters rising
every living thing
crying
bleating
moaning
fading
awaiting a savior
talons digging into skin as the vultures take us as prey
fire down our throats and ice in our veins
spikes on our skin and throbbing in our ears
this is not the rapture I expected
not the stories from my faith or youth
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