Boundaries Poem by RoseAnn V. Shawiak

Infinitesimal structures built within, attempting
to reconstruct a human being who once was, fighting
temptations daily, to turn away and run, living
alone inside a shell.

No cacophonies heard, distant tears shining explicitly
upon desert wastelands.

Circumscription hailing from all sides, inner confusion,
not being able to relocate silently, withering away
interiorly.

Posing unattainable goals, seeking the privacy of dense
forests of knowledge, caught on plains, afraid to step
into the open, fear vandalizing interior peace, deceptive
reasoning appears intact.

Abreaction spilling onto ears of unrepentant possibilities
derived in enclosed spaces, positive of future ablation
terrorizing minds full of horrible memories stuck in time-
less eras, unable to extricate themselves.

Abjuring all of life, kneeling before God, asking forgive-
ness for what will soon be committed.