Jana O’Dell – Page 9 – The Poetry Marathon

Jana O'Dell
Jana O'Dell

Jana O’Dell is an author and poet from West Virginia. She has been diagnosed with several mental illnesses and uses writing to cope with daily struggles. Jana lives with her wife, their three children, and a host of fur babies. Jana O’Dell's independently published books that are all available on Amazon include: Cyanide Kisses: The works of a manic, bipolar, dissociative mind.--- My Secrets are in the Stardust--- Magic in the Madness. Published works she can be found in: Poetry Marathon Anthology 2019 and 2020. Upon Arrival Solitude. Best Poets of 2019 Vol 3.

Hour 7: Post 7: Unleashed

Look at you, coward over,

Searching for a way to make this about me

You foolish soul

Can you feel my resentment building

my anger toward your very breath

Can you not see what you have created?

The monster in me is eager to feed off your lies

All of your insecurities

All of your pain

You have unleashed the part of me that

I tried so hard to bury away

Yet you took your shovel

And dug me up just like the last bullshit you

Tried to feed me

Do not underestimate my power

Or my worth

I will demolish everything you ever Hoped and prayed for just so I can sit back and bask in all of my new found glory

while I watch you struggle and beg

Just like I have for you

Hour 6: Post 6: Inner Pep Talk

Broken little girl

Sitting in the corner wallowing in self pity

For all that has been done to her

Broken and shattered

Torn and weathered

Her heart is in shambles on the floor

Who is this girl

Why wont she fight

Get your ass up

Fight the battle in which they chose to create

Destroy and demolish

Take your power back, take yourself back

Show them who you are

Make them never be able to forget you

Hour 5: Post 5: Blood Lust

Tear me open

Rip me to shreds

Feed off my soul

Bathe in my passion for you

Take me as you wish

In the midnight hours

Which you seem to dwell

Lay with me in the darkness

Let me take you to hell

Hour 4: Post 4: The Temptress

She walks by in midnight attire
Blood curdling red like wine
Veins pulsating with every breath
Every step further into the darkness
Her voice cried out a howl
Unlike anything I have ever heard
In an instant she was my madness
She was my poison
I was forever under her spell

Hour 3: Post 3: Burgundy Lips

Burgundy lips and rose petal hips

That’s what she liked to say about me

Oh what a lovely depiction of who I am

If only she knew my lips burned with rage to get their color

While my hips flew me into storm after storm

Of unapologetic lies and deceit

All while taking others prisoner of their charm

Oh how burgundy lips and roses petal hips sounds melancholy

Hour 2: Post 2: Thirsty

Coming closer she wept

Like her soul was on fire

Yet inside I could tell she was calm

Calm enough to rip open my heart

And feed on my passion for her

She cared not what happened to me

Only about what she would gain from

Draining me dry

Hour 1: Post 1: Unwavering

I am everything I said I would never be

I am anger

I am pain

I am revenge

I am cold

I am vindictive

I am the new me

No one ever said that would be what happens

Once your world is torn apart and broken

Truths are shattered and lying on the ground

Everything you are becomes everything you were

I am me….

Introduction

Hey all. My name is Jana and I am 31 years old. I live in West Virginia with my wonderful wife, 3 children, 1 dog, 1 cat and 8 rabbits. We are a homeschool family and I also work from home so being home and able to participate is something I’m very excited to say I can do. This is my first year participating and while I am quite nervous about it, I feel excited to attempt this.

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