Natural Disaster

All encompassing- life's whiplash.
Slamming experiences into me-
forcefully; the breath stuttering
in my lungs.
Each new responsibility a new plank,
a collapsed home.
Bit by bit
I will dig myself out.
Bit by bit
I will walk again.

Author's Notes/Comments: 

My first poem in 6 years. I am over my teen angst years and couldn't bring myself to write until I could convey that on the page. Not sure if I succeed but it feels good to be creating again. LaRae

11/5/12

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Loved it.

I really like things that incorporate extended metaphors or the like. I know its good because I had to read it more than once. Nice work, and inspirational.


Can never think of what to say. Contradiction Incarnate. 

A lonely contradiction. Contrasola