Anger


You wonder why I'm so cold

Why I keep emotions pent up inside

It's quickly getting old

Have you ever thought it was your attitude I can't abide?


It's not you I hate so

More like myself I hate

I take it out on you, though

It's like a hunger I can't satiate


The anger consumes me

In my heart, it's like a shard

Why can't you see?

That I try so hard


I feel the need to be the best

You're not helping with the way you act

I have to be better than the rest

You demand my attention to be rapt


Often I have to lash out

Then you yell at the way I behave

I want to scream and shout

I have to rant and rave


I want to scream out loud

To drop this great weight

Yet I keep my head bowed

And the fury does not abate


I want to punch the walls

The pain is calming

Run up and down the halls

The effect is balming


You say you do not mean it

Then start on something new

The anger makes me want to hit

Often I don't have a clue


With everything I do you find fault

I can't do anything right!

This has got to halt

I can't take another fight


You go on and on about something I know

And want me just to take it

It just angers me so

For me, taking it just doesn't fit


I want to cry

As I sit alone

I wonder why

Why can my life not be my own?