Skin prickles,
Blood boils,
Barbs catch flesh
Tearing bits and pieces.
Words are arrows striking my soul,
Bleeding and angry I cry out.
Why…why does bating frustrate,
I promised it wouldn’t!
It would never be allowed to spoil me,
But it has once again.
Deep breaths, eyes closed, I must let it go,
Regaining my center,
Banishing my anger to the netherlands,
For my own sanity I must forgive
Allowing others to believe as they will.
They too are trying to find their way;
Looking for answers through consensus or conflict.
I must learn to accept this with a smile
Offering them nothing,
But love and silence.
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Dom DiFrancesco 
Anger management in a poem, I experience this exact scenario in my head almost every frickin’ day!!!
I completely understand. I find it hard to let things go sometimes, but for my own health, sanity and happiness I know that I must.
It takes a lot of strength to do this…blessings.
It is difficult, I had a lot of trouble initially letting this go, but I did and everything is fine now.
I’m glad to hear that, Dominic. You have a gift to write about love, happiness, joy as well as darkness and despair.
Thank you very much for thinking so, I will have to do more of it.
Excellent and very emotional!
Thank you Ionia, it was just one of those days. 🙂
We all have those, but you write through it well.
Thanks Ionia, I try to writing does indeed make it better.
I so identify with this piece!! You captured frustration at it’s worse!
Sadly, I feel this way sometimes, but I am thankful that it doesn’t usually last long.
Offering love or even having continued unconditional love towards someone who continues to try and tear you down is hard. Doable, but extremely hard.
Yes it is, this was a friend who did this to me, but I’ve forgiven and gotten over it.