Our Impulses of Anger

My pulse quickens
I breathe faster
I feel the wave,
The impulse
Of anger

Surge through me
Quickly I set my jaw
Too late
Horrible things come out
Things worse in the end

As you make me cry
As your impulses of anger take over you
Take over us
As we both start to yell
As we blurt out things

We meant never to be heard
Said by our own selves
We take turns
As we scream and see
Who would dare the farthest

Everything we say
I know will bring lament
But your yelling
Is making us both insane
The insults and truths keep coming

Things we never want to hear
We're both in tears
Out faces burning red
But we can't stop;
We've gone on too hard to stop now.

Finally your voice cracks
My throat is also dry
So you climb the stairs
And slam the door
The banging making me flinch even more than your words

My breathing won't slow
So I try to hold it
My chest is so tight
It could explode
I try to hold it in, but the breath rushes out

I gasp for fresh air
Then try to think
And as I do
My pulse quickens
I breathe faster and feel the wave,
Of sad regret