The same

Sometimes, we need to burn. Life's not only about positive feelings.

I’ve always had
tears in my eyes
when I realized
how chaotic
and tragically beautiful
autumn is.

The nature is exhaling
slowly, with closed eyes
curling on sky’s lap
crying, sobbing
clearing her mind
her soul
from all the trying
to be pretty
for people.

They ungratefully judge
without realizing
how much she does
for the rest of the year.

And I’m not
the only one
admiring fallen leaves
and smelling rain

Why do we accept
nature
backbone of us
but roll our eyes
on our society
going through the same?

Why do we tell our kids
to stop crying
caring
feeling anything except
happiness?

Why don’t we let them
scream at the top
of their lungs,
cry their sadness
out of their eyes
or feel
the emotions they need
to be complete?

Author's Note

If you don't know me - I'm not native english speaker, so please don't judge my grammar too much.

Reviews

[alifeacoustic]

Beautifully stated. All we are doing by telling them to stop crying is blocking natural emotions and making them feel they are wrong. We should be grateful that they have the depth and perspective to feel emotion and not add to the burden of making them feel they are doing something wrong.
Nature is beautiful in all of it's guises. Take it from someone who lives in a country where you can have all four seasons in one day.
Beautifully worded, and your grammar is perfect.

[sheandherself]

Thank you again. I'm glad you understood.x

[David Scott]

I do not know why... I guess it is because we think we have failed those we love if they are not happy. It is a selfish need to see everyone happy around us. We may one day learn to accept our loved ones pains as well. This is when I know I have found intimacy. When one can see my ugliness and love for it.
A fantastic point of view to express poetically here.

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree dear Poet. Allow the kids to run wild and free.
"Why don’t we let them
scream at the top
of their lungs,
cry their sadness
out of their eyes
or feel
the emotions they need
to be complete?"
I'm 1/2 Ojibwa and I do as my Ojibwa Grandmother did for me. Allowed me to run free into nature and test life." Powerful and a lot of emotion in the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[Prantik Ali]

Couldn't agree more.
Sometimes all u need to do is get your emotions out by crying or shouting.
Beautifully written I just loved it :)

[ExquisiteEyes]

I agree with you. People need to express all types of emotions, and not just the positive ones. A nicely written poem especially the comparison with autumn.

[jesserose99]

This is lovely and we need to allow emotion to be acceptable but it isn't...are you ok...are you ok...no damn it. What a nice metaphor. lovely poem..just lovely.

[Dez H.]

Like Lego's you put your words together perfectly. You build a scene of such beauty that when I read it I can feel myself thinking about what you think about and how deep you think and would love to politic with you so we could discuss the world and how in your eyes would make it a better place for people like us. Unbelievably some of the best works I have read. P.S Your English is just fine shorty.

[Sami Khalil]

Very beautiful, telling and expressive. Also, impressive...:)...............

[DirectTangent]

Interesting piece. You start with a statement that infers the manner in which nature affects you emotionally (in the first part of your piece, it is autumn that brings tears to your eyes), and finish asking why it is that we stifle the emotional expression of children. I'm getting that in the middle portion you get the reader to look at how it is we accept some things in nature, but we seem not to be too accepting of our own nature.
Again, nicely done. Good write.

[sheandherself]

Yeah, well, I didn't mean to apply this only to children as the young people, but also our close ones, which we care for. Thank you.x