Emotion (re-revised)

by Minkus   Feb 13, 2005


Emotion:
A beautiful and terrible thing,
A great and extraordinary thing.
Beautiful is love;
Devotion:
Softens our hearts,
Brings out the best
in all of us--
Terrible is hate;
Malevolence:
Hardens our hearts,
Brings out the worst
in all of us...
Great is anger;
infuriation:
It blinds all reason,
and allows hate to take root--
Extraordinary is happiness:
Pure contentment--
Accomplishing goals
makes us passive.

Two mirrors:
they reflect upon each other
and demonstrate the emotion that they surround.
The first reflection:
Your mind--
Stained by hate,
Or clean with love;
Blinded by fury,
or clouded by contentment…

The second reflection:
Your soul--
Coal black with hatred,
Or pure white with love;
Blood red with anger,
Or bright green with happiness…

And everyone has potential:
the potential to encounter these reflections
and choose...
to remain angry,
or to find joy;
to cling to hate,
or to discover love--
To find their emotions
and their soul.

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  • 17 years ago

    by Michael D Nalley

    This is a very profound philosophical poem with much truth expressed eloquently

  • 17 years ago

    by Bret Higgins

    This is much more mature. Not just in style, but approach too.

    You have taken your time with this one, and as you mentioned, revised it too, whioch is good as it shows you take critisism on board.

    Personally I would break this down into stanzas to give the reader a chance to aborb the message you're sending.

    I would also add proper punctuation to give the reader a guide so they know where to rest and reflect.

    Lastly you use To and Or to far too many times in the last stanza.

    And everyone has potential:
    the potential to remain angry,
    or find joy,
    cling to hate,
    discover love...
    To find their emotions,
    and their soul.

    Don't worry about syllable counts or flow, worry about the message and keeping the reader interested in what you want to say. Once you have that you can start to build upon other areas.

    Good effort fella.

    Bret

  • 19 years ago

    by xxangelchicxx2000

    commenting again. just love this poem. 5/5

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    nida

  • 19 years ago

    by xxangelchicxx2000

    great job. i luv this poem. its r first i have ever read but i can tell i'll be coming back here~!!~

  • 19 years ago

    by *Sherrie*

    yuor poems keep getting better... they are great...xox Sherrie