Removing Teenage Angst

Penni Livingston
1 min readAug 23, 2022

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Penni Livingston

Photo by Pavel Pjatakov on Unsplash

The invisible sky touches me

and all things

the teenage cry punches the sky

for the relief she thinks it brings

wailing in pain soaked with belief

overtakes the nerves

railing against without accounting for good

never really serves

the higher good not understood

looks a lot like strife

fear overwhelm blocks the view most true

and can ruin your life

yet all circumstances are temporary

on this earthly plain

you get to decide if you hide

or deal with the pain

you have the power, sweet and sour

to shift and change

not the other or even your mother

they are out of our range

yet the invisible sky senses the audible cry

and sends relief when we give it our sigh

we must discern our why

before we even consider the how

letting go of then and if

to focus on now

confining fear til it disappear

we define the feelings

re-mining the Soul so we can know

how to design our own healings

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Penni Livingston
Penni Livingston

Written by Penni Livingston

Penni Livingston is the Lorax Lawyer, retiring from active practice to write about three decades on the front line of bringing about justice by suing polluters.

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