Emotions
Fury, hate, fear,
greed
Swirling torrent
overwhelmsRed, black, orange, green
Colors fly
Behind closed eyes
Threatening to devour
Who I am
Excitement,
love, joy, hope
Riding on a
wave of emotionPurple, pink, blue, yellow
Colors fly
Behind closed eyes
Drowning out
All the hate
To find who I am
How far do I
have to go
To find who
I am?Do I play twenty questions
With myself?
Do I say,
Who are you?
What do you want?
And I tell myself
I know what I want
I want a place
With no hate
A place to love
And be loved
Liesl--I really like the second poem. You introduce an interesting topic: how far do we have to go/how far are we willing to go to discover who we truly are? I think it could be longer--there seems to be something critical missing between your opening questions & your answer. Because this is an issue that is universal--so many people (if not everyone!) deals with this, than I think you could cleverly expand on the path and process that gets you to the end. I love reading your poetry--you can be so insightful!
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