Anger

Hot and hard

And fast no stranger,

Sitting on me like a shard

Of the world

That sits on my shoulders;

I am all curled

Into a ball, fending off boulders

That fall from above me.

I lose my temper,

Speak out loudly,

My words I don't slur

As I shout

A threat

Then carry it out,

My maker I've met.

I did something bad,

Made a mistake,

Now I'm alone and sad,

With my apologies coming too late.

I won the battle

But I lost the war,

I was the one to tattle

'cause my conscience I tore,

But now I'm out in the cold

I lost my job

And I have no fold-

It's hard not to sob.

I don't know who I am

Without who I was

My heart went BAM

Now it's exploded 'cause

I made a mistake

Got lost in the moment

let the anger take

Over, just for that moment,

But in that second

Everything changed,

And I reckon

I'll be hanged

Before I make that mistake

Again.