Reflections (On Emotions) Poem by Savita Tyagi

7.8.2016

Whatever split second of time
I own in the cycle of eternity
The last choice I would want to make
Is to let it be consumed by anger,
Hate, avarice and jealousy.
An extreme showing of opposite passions
An intense overpowering of conflicting emotions
Is what people, community, and nations
Seem to be suffering more than ever.
It's seeds ever engrained in us
Have mushroomed in us beyond
The grip of reasoning.
What ever happened to love, care
And feelings of compassion.
The nurturing has died under iron dust
Of distrust.

7.9.2016

Beyond our own self, we identify with outside world.
That dual personality is visible every where.
Looking at nature we know how hard it is to
Deal with mother nature's extremes
We try hard to protect ourself from extremes of nature.
We try hard to protect our self from extremes of our own self.
Cities, communities, governments and nations need to try hard
To protect itself from it too.
These abstract institutions live and breath
Colored with our intense emotions.
When one sees the gulf between love and hate
Trust and distrust getting wider and wider,
It not only breaks an individual it breaks the system too.
Events of past few days show how easy it is to break down
Under the stress of opposite forces.
But we can't turn our backs on each other and walk away.
We need to recognize our differences and find solutions.