I hear songs about heartbreak. I read poems of people seeing red from anger.
But how do I write a sentence or a story to encapsulate frustration? What is a good example of art that makes me feel like I am not the only one?
I’m talking about art that shows the feeling of a rubber band about to snap – a parent with a sick kid, no job, and too many medical bills.
I’m talking about a war cry of a song – a best friend watching her best friend be abused, and knowing there is nothing she can do.
I understand anger. How it can fester and mold into divine hate – anger is the most dangerous when it is cold.
I understand compassion, it shines orange and multifaceted.
I understand depression… the stillness.
How do I understand frustration
Why can’t I get rid of this block? Rude.
Is the world going to ruin out of coffee? Because I am genuinely more terrified of that than a global apocalypse.
Speaking of apocalypse, I think it’s time for a hard conversation. If you are one of those people who think that you would survive if the world ended, know you are the type of person who probably shouldn’t. The exact traits that made you cut throat enough to slash someones neck for toilet paper or gave you the endurance to eat cold beans in the middle of a forest… should also show you that the type of person you are is not how humanity might want to be remembered.
i say that statement with irony, knowing that I have no desire to live through an apocalypse. I barely want to live now, in a first world country. What I mean is,