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Anger

July 24, 2010
By Kelsie SILVER, Big Lake, Minnesota
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Anger hurts, demeans
bites, and screams
tortures, plots revenge,
and assumes the unscene.

It boils and it burns
til it destroys what the other yearns.
It disrespects, ignores,
forgets, and bores.

We let it consume us,
let it misuse us.
We are in control,
don't let anger take that role.

© Bria B.

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Kelsie SILVER said...
on Aug. 14 2010 at 9:38 pm
Kelsie SILVER, Big Lake, Minnesota
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Thank you so much! It took a lot to get to the point of realization that I did indeed have control of my anger.
Thesilentraven PLATINUM said...
on Aug. 14 2010 at 3:50 pm
Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
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&quot;il piu nell&#039; uno,&quot; (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)<br /> <br /> &quot;Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality&quot; ~Emily Dickinson<br /> <br /> &quot;The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain&quot; <br /> ~Kahlil Gibran

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This poem was very wisely written. I applaud you both for your intelligence pertaining to the emotion and your writing ability. The Buddha said, “Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.”