Sandy’s Dilemma: Distempered Emotions Poem by Terence George Craddock (Spectral Images and Images Of Light)

her greeting was “What’s up? ”

too unfocused
lacks her raw energy
casting random

so next must come
present crisis bomb shell
another razor sharp problem

“hey I need
insight on how to move on from
my deep anger toward my girlfriend”

“make peace with your soul
the anger is in you”

“hm... true that the anger is in me...
how do I make peace with my soul?
the anger is in me”

“embrace the pain in others
try to understand their needs or desperation”

“I am sick and tired
of understanding their needs and desperations
and tired of embracing her pains”

“then a new journey begins
stand still or move on”

“you have already said u do not want
to revisit or live in the past”

“or perhaps you need trauma
you keep encircling yourself in it”


no reply she’s
tearing off butterfly wings
again with distempered emotions


Copyright © Terence George Craddock