Mixed Emotions

Powerful emotions can have powerful effects. They can heal, they can harm. Sometimes they are just a stew.

Trauma,

What a pain.

Stress,

Oh, not again.

Pity,

All those tears.

Anxiety,

All those fears.

Angst,

Woe is me.

Anger,

Let me be.

Envy,

Burns inside.

Jealousy,

A red tide.

Hate,

Corrosive acid.

Calm,

Lake Placid.

Love,

Soothing balm.

Bliss,

Fear no harm.

© 2018 The Iron Horseman

Author's Note

Just an observation on how many emotions can be mixed into a single, complex thought.

Reviews

[barleygirl]

Even tho I really like your overall message, the outstanding thing here is your wordplay. I love the puzzle-like way the lines are crafted to be parallel but nicely varying & good rhyming. It isn't even a message, really. It's showing the transformation that's possible if we recognize our negativity & turn it around. You used the perfect amount of bad stuff with a nice ending of good stuff, well balanced. This is the poster child for show instead of tell (first rule of good writing). Fondly, Margie

[The Iron Horseman]

As per usual, Margie, I am amazed by your depth of perception. That is exactly what I was trying for! And your comment about show rather than tell is particularly meaningful and deeply appreciated because I am in the process of writing another western, a full-length novel this time, and that is one of the things I have been working on. Thank you so much for this terrific review.
Big hugs.

[Karen Redburn]

An honest review of the emotions we experience, often daily. Well done with this one!

[The Iron Horseman]

Thank you, Karen.

[mou]

sure a complex thought as you mix up all lead emotions in a single write but the rhyme adds a different flavor which add it's glory..like it
mou.

[The Iron Horseman]

Thanks, Mou. Glad you liked it. I was trying to convey the fact that emotions become all stirred up then gradually sort themselves out.

[mou]

my pleasure :)