Restive Conflict

Tossing and turning

Not settled, not still

 

Just round and round, churning          

Emotions unfulfilled

 

My head and my heart

Together and yet, apart

 

What I feel and how I think -

Turning to wine, the conciliation I drink

 

I have learned that numbing is temporary

Ordinary solution to a problem contemporary

 

I pass on the wine

I sit and ponder time

 

Getting here is reflective

Going somewhere else, subjective

 

A solitary confinement, trapped

With so much wrath

 

The result is numbness

The pain, relentless

 

The blame has no resolve

Emotions do not dissolve

 

The road behind lives forever

Day to day life without pleasure

 

One day at a time, rising above

Standing on the edge, wishing for a shove