Why is it I have so much emotion?

It seems it runs as deep as oceans.

It sweeps me over like the morning tide,

I feel it like waves crashing inside.

Sometimes it's high,

Sometimes it's low.

It takes me wherever it wants me to go.

It tosses me around like a storm out at sea,

Whether it’s high or its low,

It won't let me be.

I feel the emotion,

I fight it inside,

Yet it pulls me under like a raging rip tide.

I search for the shore,

The calm and the rest,

It seems deep emotion is my life vest.

I float right along in the current of life,

As emotions cut deep like the blade of a knife.

And so my emotion,

Just like the sea,

Are unpredictable and free.

© 2019 CP Gaines

Comments

Heather Ann on April 27, 2019:

Oh ok, thanks! I just wanted to make sure. I'm still trying to navigate. I just managed to publish because all last night because it wouldn't verify my number lol!

But you're welcome! It really is such a great piece!

CP Gaines (author) from Out West on April 27, 2019:

Thank you!

SIYABONGA KHOLOLWAKHE NZUZA from SOUTH AFRICA on April 27, 2019:

Beauty

CP Gaines (author) from Out West on April 27, 2019:

Thank you, Heather!

I believe on here all you can do is follow an article and/or the author.

Welcome to the Hubpages Community!

Heather Ann on April 26, 2019:

I'm new to hubpages so I don't know if there's a way to 'like' your post, but I wanted to tell you that this is a great piece!

CP Gaines (author) from Out West on April 26, 2019:

You're very welcome, Lorna!

Thank you for taking the time to comment.

Lorna Lamon on April 26, 2019:

This is an excellent descriptive poem describing what can be a very debilitating condition. Many clients I see who have Bi-Polar often describe the roller-coaster of emotions which they go through; and I think your poem outlines this very accurately. Thank you for sharing.

CP Gaines (author) from Out West on April 26, 2019:

Thank you, John!

John Hansen from Queensland Australia on April 25, 2019:

This was a well-written poem that flowed delightfully, even though it is about a difficult condition. You described being bi-polar perfectly in verse.