Anger

Anger is just
Another name for helplessness
Hunger in the heart
Hard shell intact
No worries
No problems
No comment
Won't let you
See my
Real self
For your pity
Will usher in
Judgement.

Self imposed
Exile
Anger is just a wall
We build
When hope is gone
That we can connect
Really connect
With others
That we're never alone.

Humankind
Can be very unkind.

Friendship can be
Ships that passed
Each other in the night.

Love can be
A making do.

Anger is only
A defence.
A response too.

Find courage.
Find composure.
Deflect anger
with the shield of
Compassion.

Start over.
Each time
You lose the battle.

Be your own watchtower
Guard with honour
Your progress.

Someday
Anger will diffuse
Into hot tears
That cool you.

Learn to smile
Smokily
Across that haze
Of tears.

You will be thankful
For it.
In the years
To come.

Wake up again
And again
To fresh worlds
New seasons
Under the sun.

(c) Amrita Valan 2017