Count To Ten Poem by Audrey Heller

When you're feeling upset and get
into a snit, try to count to ten. If it
doesn't work the first time, then start
all over again. Most of the time, we
feel this way, over something that's
said. It escalates, from there! We
shouldn't let it bother us, but for all
intensive purposes, we care. If we
could control our feelings, without
getting in any deeper, we're better
off if we do. If allowed to get out of
hand, it only gets worse, for you.
When you feel this way, what good
does it do, to blow your top? Just
keep counting to ten and in no time,
it will become easier for you, to stop!