By RGWD
Date: 16 August 2000

I Feel...

Do not pull me into your shell of apathy...
for I feel...

When I'm angry I spit fury,
and it seeps from every pore in my body
burning with a fire that is hotter than an inferno
in the kind of hell
that I could only imagine in my worst nightmare

And when I cry-  I drown
in tears of loss and mourning
and sorrow envelopes my very being
until I close my eyes and sigh
and wish the whole world away

And when I laugh- I throw my head back
and shout with the abandon of a child
and I shake and shiver as joy fills every fiber of my body
until I feel like I could burst with happiness
and appreciate the creases that grow deeper upon my face,
for they are symbolic of so many smiles

And when I love- I love with the reckless passion of Juliette
and the wanton heat of a taboo dream on a hot lonely night...
and I love with the worry of a mother
and the steadfastness of a bull

So don't pull me into your shell of apathy
telling me its a better world...
as you sink in the quicksands of your numbness...
because I feel... and to feel makes my world more real- more worthy
I feel...
Back to the Heart-on-Sleeve Corner