Anger
I cradle you
You soothe me
I dare not let go
You smother me
Sometimes you are
All I have
And all I am
I cannot breathe
Release me
Leave my side
Walk away
I carried you too far
The enemy within
You will not win
Even when
I fear the light
It draws
Me in
-Camille Delaquise
This poem appears in RISE, Camille’s second contemporary poetry collection. Anger explores the intimate seduction of rage — revealing how it can feel protective and sustaining even as it constricts the self, until the possibility of release begins to draw the speaker back towards light.
This poem is available as a contemporary poetry print on textured recycled card.