Last night I screamed and screamed <br />I put all of these screams in a box <br />This I did <br />I took this box <br />Box of screams <br />Screams of many <br />Screams of pain, hurt, agony, confusion <br />Built up feelings <br />These screams were real and true <br />Jam-packed with emotions and feelings <br />Those pent up kind <br />Dealing with life’s obstacles is where my time’s been spent <br />Trying to make sure that what didn’t kill me made me stronger <br />Never have had the chance before now <br />Suppressed screams of the years <br />Delayed screams <br />Screams that can’t be suppressed forever <br />No way <br />They are internally getting louder and louder <br />I feel as though I am about to implode <br />Screeching, vicious, at times <br />Full of anger and hurt <br />So many ways to suppress these screams <br />I’ve learned them all <br /> <br />So, this box, what did I do it? <br />Last night I took this box <br />Box of screams, of all varieties <br />I went out, out to the woods <br />No one around, no one in hearing distance <br />It was a nice night, lots of stars, no clouds <br />Cool night <br />Well, I sat the box down in the middle of the forest <br />There I was in this clearing <br />The moon was shining ever so bright <br />And by its light <br />I ever so slowly opened this box <br />I let all the screams out <br />Years and years of built up screams <br />How loud they were <br />I’m surprised no one came running <br />Surely someone woke up and heard these screams <br />But as usual no one came <br />I walked home <br />Empty box in hand <br />Relieved, for the first time, in a long, long time <br />Thinking of starting anew this time, not letting the screams build up <br />Taking care of them, one at a time now<br /><br />chanda panda<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/what-i-did-last-night/
