Love Poem: Afflicted
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Written by: Shahana Jackson

Afflicted

I am locked
  Bolted hard. 
Yet feelings can sneak 
Under cracks
I want to cement the floors
   Nobody's suppose to be here
   I'm supposed to be void
           of feeling
    Why can't one thing in my life be consistant? 
       Can't you hear this?
    I don't want love 
      I don't want hate 
     what I want is nothing
         What I want is peace
        But I heard peace only comes
        After the storm
     Is that why your forcing these 
          feelings to reach me?
            Why your forcing me to swallow  
                 them down? 
             Your spoon feeding me
                 Until I can feel the aches
                     I tried to escape
                   But obviously
                     Even in a bolted down room 
                       With cement covering up every hole
                     My heart will still be afflicted by this 
                           This called love