So deep within my heart <br />Is a story I hold near <br />Beaten and abused with time <br />Still it stands near breaking <br />On the verge of spilling out <br />Spreading to ears I do not want to hear <br />Close your ears, close your eyes <br />A story is about to be told <br />Acted on a stage <br />For all the world to see <br />A story wrung out of it’s beholder <br />Desperate and fragile <br />It begs to stay hidden <br />Terrified, it clutches at my heart <br />Sinking in sharp nails <br />I gasp in pain <br />My will is strong <br />I painstakingly pull it away <br />Draw it out into the open <br />No longer do I want to be <br />The only one that knows <br />I fling it out into the sky <br />Be free, my dear one <br />It screeches and howls <br />It’s anguish tears at my heart <br />Close your ears, close your eyes <br />I long for you to know <br />But I beg of you shut it out <br />Ignore it’s harsh cries of truth <br />It’s pleading ambiguity <br />However fever induced this may be <br />Hear my words and refuse <br />The blatant truth my story tells<br /><br />Jennifer Sol<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/fever-induced-madness/