Untethered

what anger in defiance what sympathy in doubt emotions steady try us demanding every shout

what sympathy in doubt what pleasure in our pain demanding are our shouts such hazardous terrain

what pleasure in our pain mere thinness to our skin such hazardous terrain such unrelenting din

sheer thinness of our skin the ruptures and the breaks such unrelenting din mistake after mistake

we rupture and we break we stagger and we shine mistake after mistake inhabiting our minds

we stagger and we shine we live our lives on spin inhabiting our minds and undermining limbs

we live our lives on spin and thrive until we grieve we undermine our limbs then get the strength to leave

we thrive until we grieve emotions steady try us we get the strength. we leave. what anger in defiance.

-- Allison Joseph more by the author - https://poets.org/poet/allison-joseph ↗️