Burning like a neon sun
Radiating like an atomic missile
Duck and cover
As I detonate
Fulminating in verbal fire
Billowing blazing words
Scorching my world
Venting the pent-up
Fractured frustrations
From biting a tongue
Gnawing it pulpy raw
Rivulets of crimson
Pouring down my chin
Drowning my body
Until I can’t take it
Insides ablaze
Burning like a neon sun
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2026, John L. Harmon
Radiating like an atomic missile
Duck and cover
As I detonate
Fulminating in verbal fire
Billowing blazing words
Scorching my world
Venting the pent-up
Fractured frustrations
From biting a tongue
Gnawing it pulpy raw
Rivulets of crimson
Pouring down my chin
Drowning my body
Until I can’t take it
Insides ablaze
Burning like a neon sun
2026, John L. Harmon
Freak Out,
JLH
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Chillingly atmospheric stuff John! This is good and so on point.
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ReplyDeleteWow... Just wow! Great poem, John, as always. Did you have another family get-together?
ReplyDelete😂 You would think so, but shockingly, relations didn’t inspire this one!
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