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My Conflicting Emotions

I want to tell you how I feel deep down, 
Deep inside my mind,
I want to show you my emotional light, 
But I’m afraid of what I’ll find,
Because, when I sat, with a pen and paper, 
And waited for my muse,
I waited for hours, in complete silence, 
For any emotive news,

No happy, no sad, no desire or drive, 
Nope, nothing through the night,
I think my pencil was sadder than me, 
Because it didn’t get to write,
But then I realised why my page was empty, 
Why it wasn’t writing anymore,
It’s because my conflicting emotions, 
Are busy fighting a tug of war.

You see, my happy rumbles with my sad, 
As disgust battles with delight,
Leaving me, emotionally, all alone, 
Since my emotions are in a fight, 
So, if only “lonely from my feelings”, 
Was a feeling I could reveal,
Then I could write my feels to read, my friend, 
I could tell you that I feel.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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Thomas Avatar
December 7, 2017 at 12:46 PM
This is a great piece; "empty" has nothing from which to write.
Raynes Avatar
December 7, 2017 at 4:33 PM
Thank you Shadow... yep nothing to write because they're all busy fighting :) cheers
S     Avatar
December 6, 2017 at 8:58 PM
What a great poem Lewis!!! Love the lines ... Leaving me, emotionally, all alone, Since my emotions are in a fight. Great stuff and a topic I can certainly relate to :) ~ Judy
Raynes Avatar
December 6, 2017 at 9:33 PM
Hi Judy, thanks for liking this one, this is one way I think we end up numb sometimes. :)
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