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Prompt : Let's Minichu On Feelings

feelings

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Weathering Our Feelings

We feel before we understand—
a reflex jolt to a flame
not predicted nor planned.

Feelings are weather in the mind—
drifting on wind and tide,
popping up unsigned.

What we feel is a sign,
an inward emotional clue—
to a puzzle seeking design.

What the soul does not know,
rears up bearing borrowed masks,
from the deep, dark place below.

Read the pulses with care,
for feelings are rebellious
with truth laid bare there.

We call feelings fate,
when the shadowy hand within
unlatches the gate.

Weathering a feeling
welling up from heart and soul
requires re-shuffling, re-dealing.
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