You Are A Sick Pattern

Florence Mango

Nobody is good, I see–

Too close to me,

too far from the sun.

The light of day is gone

from me, from them, from you.

 

And now I can’t love,

or even want to, because

every man with a beard is you.

Every bald man is your friend,

every loud step is a pounce,

and every corner I turn might hold you,

or something like you.

 

Maybe I’m no good either,

because I can’t imagine him, or you, or him

being anything but wrong, all wrong;

Every man wants to kill me.

 

I don’t want to stand big and tall,

I don’t want neck-sized hands.

I just want everyone to stop killing me,

so I can stop leading with masonry.

 

I want to be soft

and still left unharmed.

I wasn’t made to build walls–

I was made to walk through them,

to fall in love with locksmiths

who can defy my odd structures.

 

But nobody is good, I see.

You don’t pick locks,

you just break in,

and it’s not valiant,

it’s not even brave.

You’ve only made a mess of my home.

  • Author: Florence Mango (Offline Offline)
  • Published: July 11th, 2022 20:53
  • Comment from author about the poem: Fight or flight is an exhausting state of mind.
  • Category: Sad
  • Views: 11
  • Users favorite of this poem: L. B. Mek
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  • L. B. Mek

    'I want to be soft
    and still left unharmed.'
    but this callous world
    won't allow it, right?
    show a modicum of kindness
    and they view it as weakness
    then see them line-up, to rape you
    of your goodwill..
    'there's a reason
    such gentle petals, learnt
    to grow thorns...'
    (a great write, thanks for sharing
    stay Strong!
    try to be the 'who', you choose
    to be!)

  • Raven333

    I definitely can identify with this one. I thought your poem was very well written and had a good flow to it.



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