Through the Eyes

Every person experiences more nuanced emotions than can ever be counted.

We have names for most of them- a general understanding of the basic ones. More than that, we have emotions and understandings of which ones are considered “good” or “bad”.

Happiness, Anger, Sadness, Excitement, Grief, Frustration….et cetera.

I wrote this poem to describe how anger can affect someone. We think of anger as the violent emotion, and it is that, but it’s also an emotion that teaches us strength and self-control.

There have been times where I had to bite my tongue and take criticism or deal with an unfair situation and it was those times that I fought the hardest. Against myself.

Through the Eyes

A million thoughts fight behind quiet eyes

Emotions shove against nerves

Rage hits rationale in the mouth

Calm is pinned beneath the hulking mass that is frustration

Indignations simmers beneath the surface

Trying to claw its way into the ring of your pupil

Desperate to be free to be seen

Bitterness climbs up a choked throat

Settling on a desperate tongue

Ready to spew forward hate and anger

The entire fight

Quiet, behind troubled eyes

Aglow with intense light

By Dalia 2020