Mixed Emotions Poem by Liilia Talts Morrison

Emotions are a funny thing
you may feel blue
and soon you're not
and then a friend drops in to chat
and you feel warm and share good thoughts

At other times when overwhelmed
to scream and rant you are compelled
until some tiny little sign
appears to make things realign

Some days it all looks bleak and gray
at other times it's Mandalay
while purples, greens and and shades of gold
kaleidoscopic thoughts evolve

Like fragile birds each feeling flies
and can't be caught or understood
or nailed down into slots or molds
as many wise ones have foretold

Emotions are a funny thing
you may feel blue
as gloom descends
and then a friend drops in to chat
and you feel warm as sadness ends.