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.

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