Falling To Pieces
Matthew Henrickson Poetry August 22nd, 2008
Falling To Pieces
August 22nd, 2008
Frustration eating me inside and out
Trying to keep it together
As I slowly fall apart
The cracks in my soul show through
As if my entire body was cut in half
Then again.
Picking myself up as I go
Trying to keep it together
All in one piece.
But those pieces of me are crumbling on the floor
Barely keeping it in.
I can’t put the pieces back together
Of the puzzle
That has become my life.
I can’t keep it together.
Until I explode,
Dropping all of those pieces.
In turn losing myself
And You.
by Matthew Henrickson
August 26th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
Hi Matthew - I just voted for you on Perfect Business in response to your email and then followed this link through. Not sure I’ve been here before. That poem sums up how I felt today. I think there’s a lot of emotion inside a lot of us these days, hence all the techniques for dissolving it that I blog about. It still seems to keep on coming though - and as you say, it can affect our relationships with others as well as with ourselves. I find it helps to just accept how we feel - go easy on ourselves - then at least one layer of frustration is removed.
August 30th, 2008 at 6:23 am
I think everyone can identify with this piece at point in their life
September 7th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Thanks for the great comments, I am glad you enjoyed the poem.
Frusteration is tough because the only thing that can really relieve that is success, which is often harder than it seems.
October 3rd, 2008 at 9:16 pm
Great poem…. Just curious but is this the Matt Henrickson I know? He too wrote the most amazing poems…
October 8th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
So you found me.
October 9th, 2008 at 9:03 am
Appearently I did. I’ve tried to send you messeges before on MySpace, so I googled your ass :-p
I wish we could catch up. I’m sure life is completely different for the two of us.
I regret a lot about how I handled things with you, but I truly to this day still completely treasure the friendship/relationship that we had. You really helped establish who I am.
Maybe we could email? I hope you choose to send me a lil note. kwiddop424@yahoo.com
Hope to hear from you soon!
Katie
October 9th, 2008 at 9:05 am
Oh! And I forgot to say, I don’t know where you are at in your life, or what is going on, but I’m not trying to disrupt it in a negative way. Just want a lil piece of the best friend I once had..
And your poem here really is amazing. I knew it had to be you because it had the same deep impact once you read it. I’m glad that you still write poetry.