Defeat

Defeat

I sit at my desk,

put pen to paper,

try to write what I feel,

try to channel the emotion

down through my hand.                     

The hand sweats.                   

It tightens.                  

Grips the pen in a fist.

Starts to slash!

Slash, slash, slash!     

Rents in the paper.                 

Shredded paper.                     

Gouged desk.             

Smashed desk.

In defeat,        

it viciously hurls                    

the pen at the wall.

© Catherine Knee