Revolve

Poem
Written By Matt Antis

Thunder crackles, my splintered soul welds shut
Light fills my hollow cracks, I can’t keep up
I’m the culmination, not of degradation
What I’ve learned, not the scars I got?

Face my fear, eyes erupt
Brain bones disrupt
Failure’s hurting
Pride reverting

Resisting a rest
Run toward what’s next
Fractured skeleton
Fumbling in hell again

Again I’m damaged
I’ve mismanaged
Heal on the field of battle
Hear the thunder crackle…

Words prompt contest by TwinkleStar
Prompt on Allpoetry.com: "I am built from every mistake I have ever made."

https://allpoetry.com/contest/2782132-Words-prompt © November 1, 2021, by Matt Antis

Matt Antis

Matt Antis creates online as a freelance writer and novelist who formerly lived as a serial small-business entrepreneur. His life’s goal is to share knowledge, encourage, and challenge others through a coach-student relationship.

An unexpected deployment with the Army in 2009 halted his scholastic achievement, but! He learned the bulk of business in the proverbial trench elbow to elbow with a team of professionals who he is forever grateful for.

When he’s not being a husband, dad, shooting his bow or training parkour, you can find him teaching Sunday school, advising parkour gyms, writing for inkjotkingdom.com and his wife’s children’s book website, whitneyantis.com.

https://inkjotkingdom.com
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