Crush That Pen Poem by Elena Sandu

When you feel the urge
to shatter out your brains
to have no thoughts
what shall you do?
When you feel like
wanting to splash
your heart
over the walls
so that you will become
only a heartless
mass of bones
and muscles
covered by callous skin?
What do you do when
you just want to
lay down
in a dug deep hole
turning your back
to the starless sky?
To the ones you love
to the ones you know
to the ones you don't know
and more
than anything else
to own self? ! ?
-WRITE!
Write of those
letters
crawling up on you
one after another
ailing and queasy
endure
breathe slow
on the belly
place your hands
Both!
let letters arrive to your neck
from there pass them
through your throat
forming into words,
Shout them out
as loud as you can
then, with full force,
Crush!
That!
Pen!