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Feelings

Feelings

I never like to be ANGRY as it is an awful feeling.

As often we do regretful things when all tempers hit the ceiling.

Because after that YOU might be the one who ends up getting blamed!

And then it may be YOU who feels the GUILT or SHAME!

 

I never like to feel BORED and have all my interests unoccupied.

Where we find we cannot doing anything whether we have or haven'...

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Stuart VannerFeelingsEmotionsHope

To Harbour a Feeling

Could I but harbour a feeling,

Tie it down so it wouldn't escape.

Could I but box in a sensation

And wrap it in sticky tape.

 

Could I but enjoy working,

Then I would appreciate rest.

Could I but feel elation,

Without later becoming depressed.

 

Could I but organise my mind,

Put memories in some sort of order.

Could I but spend all the rest of my days

In exci...

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