anger, seething within
intense,dense
colors everything
knits your brows
rasps your breaths
fogs your eyes
fastens your steps
anger pinches your core
surprises and shocks you
with its very existence
and it excesses
anger clogs your head
ties your tongue
or lets it too loose
clenches your fists
glares your eyes
anger rushes you
pushes you to do more than you can
nudges you to seek more and live more
horrifies you with its deep darkness
kills your slow smile and tender moments
good friend, anger
now don’t be angry
when I say
you have run your course
it’s time to say good bye
if need be
you will be called
yet, stay away
light living, lighter moments
till then! Ciao!
Adhyapika 
2 responses to “Anger walks out”
Lots of material for thought here. I had always been taught to avoided anger, or try to control it.. In fact so much of the cultural background here, at least in my day, communicated a suspicion of all emotions. But anger, particularly in western religious traditions, is especially heartful–to the one overcome by it but also to relationships.
And so, I hadn’t thought of anger this way: “push[ing] you to do more than you can / [nudging] you to seek more and live more.” That does sound like a “good friend” —
even though what comes next, how it “horrifies you with its deep darkness / kills your slow smile and tender moments” (which is quite beautifully said) raises questions, or at least doubts. Regardless, you have painted a very detailed, accurate, and revelatory picture. I now have a somewhat broader view.
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Thanks Albert. In hindu thought the concept of Shiva’s angry dance or tandav is an accepted way of expression.
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