"His Way"

 

pseudo intellectualism     

demanding attention with parasitic tenacity   

irrational and illogical   

he vomits     

anger   

spewing intolerance and injustice under the guise of patriotism   

he infects and incites   

taking pleasure in belittling   

priding himself on accomplishments borne by breaking others   

he kills   

hope   

in the hearts of those he can’t love   

demeaning those who need because he cannot give   

 Copyright 2012 Elizabeth Abrams Chapman

"Frustration"

A gray mist engulfs me   
            Substance without form   
                        Not there—but there   
I inhale bitterness   
and its parasitic nature   
            Infiltrates me   
                        My lungs pull it inward   
                        as I gasp for breath   
                        trying to exhale its pungent mold   
                        trying to breathe as it weighs me down     
                                                presses against me       
                                                            from inside   
                                    Invading my body   
                                    freezing my logic   
                                                pulling me into panic   
            because I can change nothing   
                        It        
            has no form—   
                        nothing to hold onto   
                                    or push away   
A gray mist   

Copyright 1995 Elizabeth Abrams Chapman