I can match
all your anger
only in gentler shades.
mine is a tempered fury
taught as acting like a lady
demure yet precise
this shy anger folds upon itself
a sword struck from the furnace
and will not snap or shatter but slice
through bone.
but when I yank it off my wrist
likea brimstone bangle,
it will disappear as
a shell in the sea.
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Shy Anger
PoetryA collection of poems digging into the emotions and experiences that we sometimes try to hide - from love to anxiety to anger and disappointment.
