Good Mourning

Write a poem

should not be suggested

to me

my poetry

cannot be requested

only written from pure emotionality

These lines

are the results of being

constantly tested

defined by resentment

and the aftermath of the unexpected

shattering my world

structural damage

down to the foundation

simply reflected

through stanzas

that manage

to channel my destructive rage

into something tolerable

I cannot write on cue

to entertain

for an assignment

I write as a necessity

for my alignment

a coping mechanism

to sustain

and refrain

from going insane

or cave

into my own cynism

to compartmentalize my pain

a feeble attempt

to suppress my anxiety

and gain relief

from the constant ache

that is the perpetual agony

of a parent's grief