Jittery joints and frayed nerves
paralyze you from the brain down.
Social pressures reduce coherency to rubble.
You are a cornered animal
in the public spotlight,
rendered gooseflesh,
suffocating in a self-made prison
that offers no preservative aid.
It's hard to put on a show
or defend yourself
or make any stance at all
when you are permanently frozen,
always afraid.
YOU ARE READING
poems
Poetrya collection of poems i wrote for my creative writing class. each part is a different poem.
