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4 AM discontent

by Betania Tesch

(subtitled: upon arguing with my lover)
I find myself
suspended in night
the crickets no longer
within the range
of my senses
their refrain ingrained
soundtracking my heavy thoughts
the night ostensibly silent
while my body huddles
deep into my blankets
shivering from the shock
in the difference
between my icy despair
and the sweaty summer
A single moth clacks
against my metals screen
a startling invasion
of my unhappiness
I contemplate
poking a needle
through the screen
but instead I blow softly
and give the moth flight.
The moth bears your face
as I close the window
for the rest of the night.
I am done listening.
I am done with anger.
Take to the sky
and show me something beautiful.

06/01/2002

Posted on 06/01/2002
Copyright © 2024 Betania Tesch

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Glenn Currier on 07/10/03 at 02:19 AM

Ah that moth and its gift! Thank God there was a poet within to notice. Those two words: icy despair deliver a powerful image that most of us can probably relate to. I certainly can. It is that feeling created by the constriction of the muscles and blood vessels just above the stomach, just after she says: "I don't want to talk about it." Excellent poem, my dear.

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