Identity... Poem by Giovanna Lucarelli

The fragments of me are falling apart
I find I'm no longer whole
And suddenly it seems I'm struggling
I'm starting to lose control

Oh crisis! Where did you come from?
Please be gentle with me
When waging wars on my soul
Be a just adversary


Allow me time to mourn
The pieces you have slain
And time to stengthen and renew
The pieces which remain

I'll rage against
The bleak and murky nights
And sheild my mind as best I can
From the doubts which you ignite

But allow me time
To re-arrange the shards
Of my shattered self