panic flashes

Cherry

By seannelson

Sun, 04 Sep 2011
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when the perilous moment comes
(if not the next then the next or the next)
I'm going to freeze up again
like a coward
or a lamb green schoolboy
after all my adventures,
experiences, and confrontations

they're the frown on my smile,
the medicated shame of my bravado,
the jumpy underbelly of all my artistry,
the petrified crag beating
under my hairy chest

Certificate U
Poem
Autobiography

Comments

Submitted by MaggieG on
My Da often called that "panic" the brain's survival skills working overtime. I think he might be right :)