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RAGE

March 7, 2022
By Anonymous

RAGE IS A BOOK

IT IS A HARDCOVER 

ITS OUTERSHELL IS STRONG AND HURTFUL

KEEPING WHAT’S INSIDE WELL PROTECTED

THROWING IT AROUND LEADS TO DESTRUCTION

BUT WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK INSIDE ITS DIAMOND EXTERIOR

YOU FIND HIDDEN FRAGMENTS

YOU SEE THAT ITS PAGES ARE MUCH SOFTER,

WEAK, DELICATE, AND EASILY TORN

EACH HOLDING A NEW STORY AND EXPERIENCE

THAT ULTIMATELY SWELL INTO,

ONE CULMINATING ENDING

THESE CRISPS OF WHITE EMOTIONS MAY SEEM INNOCENT

BUT THEIR EDGES CUT, DEEP AND PAINFUL

RAGE IS A BOOK

THAT MUST BE READ TO BE UNDERSTOOD,

TO UNDERSTAND WHY IT HIDES BEHIND 

THIS FORCEFUL PERSONA

© Anonymous

The author's comments:

Two unlikely things may have more in coommon than they seem to. Take this poem about a book and the feeling of anger!

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