Smoldering

The unaddressed haunts the vitality of the future.
A boiling, hot mess of resentment seething right below the surface.
Repetitively protecting the external while the red-hot hatred burns.
The barely suppressed rage remains coiled inside.
Implosion imminent.

Eventually, it will kill you.

Susi Bocks, writer/author/poet, has self-published two books – Feeling Human and Every Day I PauseShe is the Editor of The Short of It which recently produced its first anthology in 2021 – The Sound of BrillianceBocks’ has works published in the anthologies Through The Looking Glass – Reflecting on Madness and Chaos WithinAs The World BurnsSMITTEN: This Is What Love Looks Like: Poetry by Women for Women and inVitaBrevisSpillwordsLiterary Yard, and other literary magazines. You can find her work at IWriteHer.com or follow on Twitter or Facebook.


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6 thoughts on “Smoldering

  1. This is really helpful to me 🙂 good post

    1. Thanks, T.! 🙂

      1. Pleasure 😛

    2. Thanks, T! 🙂

  2. Wow I can see an artwork to go with that one. Very descriptive.

    1. Awesome, show us! 🙂

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