Domestic Fear Poem by Joseph Tanner

I feel your eyes baring a hole into my back,
Daggers flying at the speed of lighting.
Frozen to the spot in fear,
Blood rushing with nowhere to go.
System going into overdrive.
Sweaty palms, sweaty forehead,
Seen flares of your anger,
Now I fear.
I find it hard to talk,
To express my fears.
Expressing thoughts in my way.
You weren’t meant to read these thoughtless thoughts.
The madness in yours eyes tells me not to move,
I thought I knew you better!
Another room been opened in this house of love,
A room that was forbidden.
Waiting for the fire in your eyes to falter,
A flicker to make my run, to shut the door on this rage.
Away from you, to where I can breathe,
I’ve never felt fear like that before.
I find myself crumbled in the corner, curled up in a ball.
Crying uncontrollably,
Waiting to be found tear streaked with fear.