Emotions are a curse and
a blessing, are all that
makes us human and authentic,
and all that destroys our being with
each other in a world of
opinions and interests,
hatreds and cruelties.

Emotions build and enable us
as individuals and communities,
but also destroy and diminish
a person inside and divide communities
in which emotions are unleashed
and unrestrained,
like a wild dog among sheep.

Shall we say then that emotions
are bad or good,
destructive or enabling?

What is it that we feel and
what do we do with those feelings?

To feel is human.
To be passionate is human.
To be angry, sad, happy, glad
are colours in our humanness.

How then shall we make these
indelible colours a blessing?
What art are we creating?

 

4/6/2024