"adreneline" poems
I’m a tube of toothpaste
With the bottom rolled up tight
And every last bit of peppermint’s
Squeezed out right.
Twisted, empty, crinkled,
Flat out on the windowsill
Minty fumes residual.
Jan 15, 2010
Jan 15, 2010 at 10:23 AM UTC
It was a beautiful day.
The sun was shining up in the bright blue sky.
As I listened to Mati talk about her day,
her ideas, her new school, I couldn't stop
noticing peoples faces bright and happy.
Whether it was a husband happy to meet
his wife for his anniversary dinner, or a
child excited to get that new toy he was
asking for.
A typical summer day, but
brighter than ever. As we arrived at the
red line train stop, I said goodbye to mati
and started to head home.
Half way down the route I was heading
to go home, I felt thirsty. I had decided to
travel through Oz park to get a drink from
the water fountain, and that is when I
noticed a change of scenery.
As I looked at the playground and the
children playing I noticed their shadows
had disappeared. I look around and it
was getting darker. I pull out my phone
and look at the time. 5:30.
Tony had said towards 6 it would start raining.
I still had 30 minutes to spare. I took another
quick sip and walked down the path leading to
Howe St. I look at the tennis games and the
baseball game and suddenly my heart stops
for a couple seconds.
A sound, like someone trying to turn on a lighter,
that flick sound, I heard it. And then KABOOM!!
a bolt of lightning travels through the air,
the sound waves traveling heavy and strong
through my ears.
I stand there thinking quickly as my mind
processes the situation. I watch in slow
motion the players on the baseball field
running away.
Same goes for the tennis players.
My eyes slowly move up and fix themselves
on the pink sky on the horizon and then,
just as slow, they look up and see a dark cloud
with eyes beaming at me, paralyzing me.
As I regain my senses, I put my hood on,
and continue to walk. And to think that all
the emotions I felt, all the adreneline building
inside of me, I felt in just seconds.
Jun 22, 2014
Jun 22, 2014 at 12:28 AM UTC
Fear is not just an emotion
but something that controls you.
It penetrates your mind.
It drives you insane.
You do whatever you can to stay away.
Some say it paralyses you
but this isn't true.
It winds you up,
it drives you wild.
You can feel the blood pumping,
the adreneline making your body shake
from head to toe.
Others say that its a superpower,
if only this were true.
You don't feel strong but weak
like every muscle is focused upon one thing
to run away.
Fight or flight they say
but the fight is washed out.
Giving up seems the best option
but that isn't one.
No one will prepare you,
no matter how you are trained
when you feel that first wave
its like a splintered sword.
The splinters stay deep inside
and causes pain and burns
when you move,
when you fight,
when you fight,
Apr 3, 2016
Apr 3, 2016 at 10:45 AM UTC
looking danger straight in the eyes
feeling the rush of adreneline as you see the tempting orange flames burn behind stone cold pupils shrunk so small you wonder if danger has ever seen anything it truly liked
do I follow danger down his path of mass destruction, I mean it'd be one hell of a ride and I'm sure in time it'd mean, something
or do I stay safe and leave danger at the corner where the streetlights illuminate the darkened world with orange light, the same colour as danger's firey eyes
he looks so heavenly, like an angel in disguise
as if he could never hurt a soul or even tell a lie
and in that moment, I know what choice must be made
I wish danger goodbye, for I know pretty boys with pretty eyes who tell you that everything's going to be fine and he'll never hurt you and most of all that he loves you
Dec 21, 2017
Dec 21, 2017 at 8:08 AM UTC