Battle of Braille

Our feelings must have expression, or they will be as clouds, which, till they descend in rain, will never bring up fruit or flowers. - Henry Ward Beecher

Your Emotions Are Always Valid -

Painting by Juju X| Saatchi Art

emotions rise like mercury in july

falling as chilled confetti on the rocks

a scattered mess

can't make heads or tails

can't decide 'tween smooth pavement or gravel trails

just another day of baked, crusty, moldy feelings gone awry

to laugh is the polar opposite of to cry

to live is to feel and to feel is to know why

desire is rarely shy

Author's Note

"We never exchange more than three words with a friend in our lives on that level to which our thoughts and feelings almost habitually rise." - Thoreau

Reviews

[Betty Hermelee]

Nice play on emotions..we all have crusty ones...i like to the emotion you describe about "feel", which is totally true...desire i think is always in us...rarely does it lay dormant....and our emotions change so frequently as well, sometimes we even get mixed about which one is current!
Warmly, B

[Pete]

all true what you say. thanks for the thoughtful share b.

[Betty Hermelee]

my pleasure Pete🌷🌷
Warmly, B

[Thomas W Case]

Well crafted. Excellent work.

[Pete]

thanks twc.

[John the Baptist]

With some, desire isn't shy at all. Of course, their expressions of it sometimes get them arrested.

[Pete]

lol. true that. if people could read our minds, we'd all be in jail for one thing or another.

[Lisasview]

Your poem dear Pete sounds very much like Thoreau... and I did really enjoy it.
As we older we realize your written thoughts even more.
Lisasview

[Pete]

thank you for sharing thoughts. yes, thoreau is very much my muse. hope all is well with you.

[Sami Khalil]

The poet must get those emotions under control or they will make the White House their residence; you wake up looking at Orangee and his ego.

[Pete]

lol. ah to be king for a day.

[Sami Khalil]

Hehehe.
You are welcome sir Pete.

[Lara]

The title of this, Pete, is very insightful. Quite literally. it's brilliant!

Your piece prompts me to wonder again: if emotions are molecules (and chemically driven), what about the rest of that mind we house? ...
Nice write 🙏

[Pete]

a complex thing the mind - attached to the heart and stomach!

[Ms claws]

All true!
Loving the sound, Gonna Get Ya.
You always hit the philosophical bell!
Awesome, Pete!

[Pete]

ding, ding. thanks for sharing thoughts. my musical namesake pete is off he charters talented. awesome song dont 'ya know.

[ETERNITY]

@Pete I do.

[ETERNITY]

The Who.........