#explosive
A young soldier who came from Beirut,
Though he tried, he just couldn't shoot
The young man and his gang
All went out with a bang
In a bomb laden vest 'neath his suit
Dec 30, 2025
Dec 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM UTC
My throat is a battlefield
Where screams go to die
They crawl up like
Spiders with broken legs
Then fall back down
Into my chest cavity
Banging against my ribs
Like caged birds
Until their wings snap
And feathers clog my lungs
My hands are earthquakes
That never stop
Fingers twitching like
Live wires against my skin
I press them into my thighs
And bruises bloom in the form of
Purple flowers watered by adrenaline
The shaking moves inward
My bones rattle like
Wind chimes in a hurricane
My heartbeat is a drum corps
Marching through my temples
I can't tell if it's love
Or terror anymore
A relentless percussion
That makes my vision blur
At the edges like watercolour
Left in rain
My inner child is screaming
Inside my skull
Her voice is sandpaper
Scraping against bone
She claws at the inside of my throat
Until her fingernails break off
And scatter like shrapnel
Through my bloodstream
She's trying to tear her way out
Through my mouth
I swallow her back down
Drowning her in my stomach acid
My skin doesn't fit anymore
It's two sizes too small
And made of barbed wire
Every breath stretches it tighter
I swear I can feel it
Splitting at the seams
Revealing something underneath
That doesn't have a name
I'm simultaneously too much
And not enough
My body is a contradiction of physics
Expanding and collapsing
In the same instant
Like a star dying in real time
The explosion is happening
Inside my chest
The implosion is happening
Behind my eyes
And I can't tell which direction
Is up anymore
Time moves like molasses in winter
Thick
Slow
Suffocating
But also like lightning
Split-second and blinding
Past
Present
And future
Collapse into this single moment
I'm everywhere I've ever been
And nowhere I want to stay
My breath comes in gasps
That taste like copper
Like I've been chewing on
Pennies or blood
Or maybe both
Maybe I've been eating myself alive
Starting with the soft parts
Working my way to the bone
There's a pressure behind my eyes
Like someone's trying to push
Them out from inside
Or maybe pull them
Back into my skull
I can't tell the difference anymore
Between pushing and pulling
Holding on and letting go
Staying and leaving
Alive and Dead
My thoughts are a traffic jam
Every single one trying to exit at once
They're all going in
Different directions
And none of them know
The destination
Just that they need to get there
Now
Immediately
Yesterday
The space between my
Shoulder blades feels like it's been
Hollowed out with a spoon
Scooped clean and left empty
Somehow still heavy
Like someone filled the
Cavity with lead
Regret
The weight of every word I never said
My jaw aches from clenching
Teeth grinding down to powder
Tongue swollen from being bitten
To keep from screaming
Speaking
Existing out loud
There's a vibration in my sternum
Like a phone set to silent
A constant buzz that makes
My whole chest cavity hum
With something that might be rage
Grief
Or both
Braided together so tightly
They've become the same thing
My fingernails have left
Half-moons in my palms
Little red parentheses
Marking where I've tried to
Hold myself together by squeezing
So hard my hands went numb
But numb isn't the same as gone
And together isn't the same as whole
I'm a live wire in a puddle
Dangerous and drowning
Sparking and sinking
All at once
Forever
Sep 28, 2025
Sep 28, 2025 at 5:03 AM UTC
Feels like my heads going to explode
My bodies a ticking time bomb
These fists hitting the ground wondering where each land mine is.
There’s a tank in my heart shooting these emotions everywhere.
I’m wondering where I’m going to land
If I’ll be in pieces in the end
Which explosive device is going to go off ?
My brain?
My heart?
My mouth?
These eyes ?
Wondering if my temper is going to get the better of me and click this button and end it all.
I’m clutching the gun closer to my chest
Where will I aim ?
Where will it land?
Aug 12, 2023
Aug 12, 2023 at 2:43 AM UTC
merlot leaked from my neck
white fog clouding my vision
my chest tightened
i fought back
the urge to fight
and greeted the night
which exploded
into blinding white light
Jan 30, 2021
Jan 30, 2021 at 9:00 PM UTC
God bless wartime for lovers
And the heart's desire
For all things ammunition
The seminal spark
Of randomology
Runs as an aqueduct
To the mothership
Fascination is found
In strangeness
And its sister's alien sigh
The fun of fear
Is teeth and biomechanics
And morbid curiosity
Of what lurks in the brazen alcove
Abducted on Sunday morning
Returned in time for kickoff
Dressed like a fugitive
With a hole in your head
Souvenir of the brave and the new
The body's warm jets
Begin to stir as a powder keg
Any kind of love you've had
Is always far sweeter as a memory
A memory, angel
May 19, 2020
May 19, 2020 at 8:10 AM UTC
Righteousness of action
Assimilation despite protest
Gesticulating invalid points
Excommunication for beliefs
&
Hypercorrection to fit in
Accountableness and your actions
Thermodynamic reaction
Excuse me for a moment
Please forgive my descent in anger
Feb 20, 2020
Feb 20, 2020 at 3:40 PM UTC
for a brief moment
a nano second
I was aware
unaware of it
it's globular mess
those molecules
green, red, orange, white, blue
bursting
outwards
but pressed too tightly inwards
there was no room for their expression
they repelled
that spherical mess held together with an invisible membrane
explosive
wound up
each desiring to escape from it's counterpart
similar but vastly different
and then the bears claws
elongated
abnormal
scratching a tear down and through my very soul
the inner world met the manifest fears of the outer world
every cell, no, molecule in my body screamed
screamed
screamed
I could only help myself
I awoke
Dec 10, 2019
Dec 10, 2019 at 12:07 PM UTC
Tears flowing like a river; hands trembling like an earthquake,
The pool I drown my sorrows in erupts – like a volcano,
It rushes through me like a great tidal wave. A tsunami.
Destroying every inch of my frail self,
I am nothing but a dormant bomb, waiting to explode,
Waiting; waiting for final peace, whatever that may be,
And even though you have broken me in two, I forgive you,
Day after day.
As I reconstruct my shattered heart you tear it apart. Ruthless.
Oblivious to the repercussions of your cynical actions,
But whatever it may be, I shall get my final peace,
Even if I must forgive you,
Day after day.
Feb 27, 2019
Feb 27, 2019 at 1:40 PM UTC
Sit Still,
Try to Relax
I’m only just beginning...
Dec 8, 2018
Dec 8, 2018 at 3:46 PM UTC
I write like a paintball machine
Spitting out ***** of paint
In flights of fancy
I write like I think
My thoughts
And emotions
Coming alive
I write like a roller coaster
My mood swings apparent
High to low
And sometimes
Just plain wired
I write like I sing
At moments belting it all out
Other times, softer
Taking the effort
To sing so others will like it
I write like a camera
Taking snapshots
Of everything surrounding me
Both outside
And inside
I write like I cry
The words coming out like an endless waterfall
In a short burst of emotion
Before it stops
And I am light as a feather
I could compare my writing to so much
It’d probably take longer than I have
To name them all
But with just this
I’m sure you can relate
Writing can be a lovely thing
Sep 19, 2018
Sep 19, 2018 at 10:22 PM UTC
Smoked up a half
Others think we’re mad
Perfectly complimenting
Infectious laugh
Overwhelming energy
Creating a perfect synergy
Twin souls
The missing piece
Bonnie to my Clyde
An atomic release
Wreaking havoc
On every road we tread
Kiss explosive
Exuding various shades of red
Straight from the bottle
Drinking whiskey
Lips taste of alcohol and apple
Before we go full throttle
Getting frisky
In the back of a packed bar
No thoughts of who can see
You put your hands all over me
Smoking cigarettes
Until our lungs hurt
Making bets
Behind smirks
Knowing we can’t win here
Overcoming every fear
Of any consequence
Or anyone that comes near...
Sep 3, 2018
Sep 3, 2018 at 9:53 AM UTC
In my experience its dangerous to get close to anyone/but with you I'm conclusively right/when we touch **** goes boom/so my question is how close can we get to eachother without triggering our crazy?
Aug 8, 2018
Aug 8, 2018 at 1:05 PM UTC
loving you,
is like walking
on a landmine;
suited with a
vest decorated in
dangerous explosives
one wrong step-
and it goes 'kaboom',
just like ticks
of warning from
my puny heart
you hold a machine
and prepared to shoot;
as if I've not experienced
the after effects of this war,
just so I could win,
the peace treaty
of your affection
Jan 10, 2018
Jan 10, 2018 at 11:38 AM UTC
there is no need
to throw grenades
at me; when I am
already a living,
ticking timebomb
Jan 9, 2018
Jan 9, 2018 at 12:13 PM UTC
the term 'opposite attracts'
is coined for a reason,
when two similar people are
bonded with chemistry,
it can unwillingly cause
an explosive reaction,
that's physically and mentally
harmful to both sides
due to strong, obsessive
bonds for one another
yet when opposite attracts,
a subtle reaction is triggered
with occasional sparks,
and mixes to become
the perfect formula
we call love
Dec 17, 2017
Dec 17, 2017 at 11:07 AM UTC
*Passion:
blazing,
a burning fire,
a deep desire. Me before you.
Our hearts expanding.
Fierce emotion--
Love.*
Dec 4, 2016
Dec 4, 2016 at 4:50 PM UTC
Your kiss sparks a fire,
the gun powder in me flares,
triggering fire works.
Oct 1, 2016
Oct 1, 2016 at 2:40 PM UTC
Everytime I see your bubbly smile I'm actually watching fireworks.
The air smells explosive when you let that first one go and I feel the shockwave hit my chest.
You light up the night, not once, not twice, but for what seems like forever, so radiant and clamoring its impossible to ignore you.
You captivate me with quickly blooming blossoms whenever you snicker and I want nothing more than to sit where I am and stare at you for hours.
You never get tired of releasing your light into the world, and you never get old; you only get more beautiful to me from beginning to the end.
Save the finale just for me.
Aug 29, 2016
Aug 29, 2016 at 5:26 PM UTC
Mayfire strikes out, a fever like no other.
Fireworks sparkle and crackle and boom across the sky.
Cackling and burning with laughter,
They taunt and they don't forgive.
Explosive and wild and colorful,
Yet after their spark is gone, there is nothing but a null,
A small, infinitesimal void.
But they knew what they were.
They lived to the fullest, for their life is so short.
They know the meaning of life like no other.
Fireworks are bolder.
They aren't afraid to show their true selves.
They aren't afraid to show their true colors,
In their last moments.
Fireworks are spectacular bursts
Of burning truths.
Sep 4, 2015
Sep 4, 2015 at 3:25 PM UTC
i am consumed with feelings
anger takes over
things are flying
uncontrollable
stormy
violent
how does one control this?
are feelings meant to be controlled?
breathe in
breathe out
breathe in
breathe out
c o n t r o l
i cannot
i feel weak
i can’t breathe
help
Jun 4, 2015
Jun 4, 2015 at 5:49 PM UTC
We don't know where we are going to land
Whose arms we find ourselves in
When the fuse finishes with a puff of smoke
It's not over.
This is the best part of it
Whose arms we find ourselves in.
Brace for impact
Be ready
Catch the broken pieces we can't hold together
May 26, 2015
May 26, 2015 at 11:22 PM UTC
I do not cherish what I see
mayhem and confusion
strewn before Me
everything is on edge
ready to explode
If we keep a lid on it
it will surely implode
heart in throat
pulse pounds
crickets go quite
time to hit the ground
My skin
it crawls
anticipating
secrets to be revealed
the truth is much too painful
Leave My body
so as Not To Feel
Copyright © 2014 Christi Michaels.
All Rights Reserved.
Dec 2, 2014
Dec 2, 2014 at 4:52 PM UTC
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sparking at the end
•eating away at my wick•
forcing me into a backward bend•
now by the second I tick...•I am truly
seething•I am... TNT•I am so close to
exploding...•I am...incendiary•it feels
like a crime•but..............there isn't left
much room•it's just a matter of time•
before I finally decide to go...fizz...
fzzzs...sszz...fizzle...ssszzfzz...
KABOOM!•
Nov 5, 2014
Nov 5, 2014 at 7:31 AM UTC