A Goodbye to Rage

I am not angry anymore
I’m too old this kind of ordeal
I’ve moved into a phase where I want to keep my peace
Because getting into a battle of words
Just isn’t ideal

I took the corrective path
And sometimes that involves the law
Even if a tyranny of disagreements echoed back raging
But we’re aging and so we must cut ties
It’s time to withdraw

And the sound of that voice...
It was shouting in anger trying to pour gasoline
But that old tired fire is consumed with nothing left in the pyre
As all I said calmly was “let’s just move forward”
I’m just trying to be mien

A thousand one thoughts ran
Understanding consequences would eventually come
But there’s nothing like knowing I was in control of my reactions
Because in the journey to my personal growth
To rage I will no longer succumb