Gradient: A poetry and writing anthology

Feeling

Anger is like a seething storm cloud

complete with rain- and lightning

Sadness is torrential rain, pouring in sheets

Overcast sky- complete with heavy gales to blow away the pain

Love is like sunshine, and comfy summer weather

nothing much, compared to it, is really all the better

Pain is a restless water, everything felt and waves crashing out

Never left pacified, and soaks without a doubt

Friendship is a endless meadow, and it won't be shattered

And if that friend's a lover, I guess that's twice the better

Hurt is like a song without a sound, empty and nothing's found

Cowering in the shade with nothing left to see but hate

Shame is a weight on your shoulder

a one-ton weighted boulder, and consumes you from inside

and there's no one within your doubts to confide

Regret, more often than not, is ugly and painful

Every stupid thing you've done and not, every time you were naïve and unfaithful, and insensitive and distasteful

Good reaming is often our escape, where all and any can occur.

the time the best and worst will happen, and the love of him or her, weightless and calm, you now are truly free.

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So cry a river. I won't judge you. Emotion is a painful and wonderful thing. Our ability to perceive and feel emotions is what makes us truly human. It is something no one can take from you, and everyone can know.