What’s the Beauty in Emotion?

April 2024

A friend of mine said, “There’s a certain beauty in emotion, the good and the bad.” But…

what’s the beauty in emotion?

is it the capacity to feel?

the body’s ability to respond

in whichever way it wants

to certain events, thought and desires?

are emotions the mind’s wildfires?

flames gushing through the seams of the brain

reckless, careless, endless love

and, above all, pain?

or might the beauty actually exist

in the lack of understanding?

the power to experience sensations

so extraordinarily demanding

sucking the life right out of you

to give just a sliver back the next day

all beautifully confusing enough

to leave you in perfect disarray