Shielding

Published on by Susi Bocks

Redux

Clarion Content Media

The injurious are on the prowl.

Instinctively my guard goes up.

Hurling words to pierce the psyche.

Expectedly waiting for more of a beat-down.

Another and another and another.

The taunts ricocheting inside me like a ping-pong ball. 

Humiliation the game, the victor, no one.

I feel desperate and alone. I want to cry.

Fear, sadness, and agony achieved.

I don’t know how much longer I can take this!

Bored, looking for the next target to feel superior to.

I’m exhausted from this continued abuse.

I need to push myself over the edge to freedom.

Originally published 7/16/2018 on I Write Her.

19 thoughts on “Shielding”

  1. Wonderful. The message and language is spot on, but I’m also impressed with the format – you can read it down the left, then down the right, or each line as it comes and each way is a complete poem. So hard to do!

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