#37: Rage

By Christian Ellis

by Christian Ellis

patience is the same
as “i may never return
but love me anyway”
and it is not enough

these alternating petals
dark pole keeping spite dead or shadow
and face alight with curiousness
for who we will become today

tell me what it is
that god says about me
before your senses arrive me
what kind of miracle am i
and what taste is my omen
what stance my epiphany

or do you hide me?
and am i not ascribable?

anger is a suppressed sadness
that cannot contain itself 

then what is fear
if not the other side
of sadness overwhelmed
by love, love is my god.
an unfailing staff
that i am and follow
towards freedom from
my harsh anger

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*As featured in Issue No. 1 of Deixis Journal

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