Catharsis

A philosophical poem inspired by Aristotle's concept of catharsis in Poetics

Purified body and mind

have swallowed all negativity

I'm psychologically pure

by religious cure

of anxiety and tension

in full God's attention

I feel relieved

because to compassion I believed

I experienced tragic fear

but by purifying me God made it clear

that I can use my tragedy to help someone else

and drink holy water from sacred wells

I tidied the rooms of my body temple

no more toxins making it tremble

Removed satanic seeds

by my holy charitable deeds

The long pain came and went

because my gifts are heaven sent

I feel noble and uplifted

as my tragedy to comedy shifted

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Author's Note

free verse