Grief in a box

I keep my rage in
my head
even when I
want to let it out
and wreck
something

I keep my words
in my mouth
even when I
want to let them out
to wreck
something

I keep my grief
in a little box
in the back of my
mind and even
when I don’t
let it out it
wrecks me
little by little

Copyright 2020 Leona Petrovic