FriendBurst Blog

These eyes that welcome
the morning sun,
looking forward
to the day ahead
can’t mask or contain
the emotions within;
sometimes happy,
sometimes sad,
so many feelings inside.

For my eyes are the mirror
of my feelings inside,
emotions that can
leave me quite spent,
tears welling up
and spilling over,
tears of sadness,
tears of joy.

And at those times
when I just can’t contain
those feelings inside,
the happy and the sad,
I remember those things
that I love to do best,
and step out of myself
once again and find me,
my best friend,
and we go for a walk,
my best friend and me.

We find a quiet spot,
at the edge of the pond
watching the ducks
and the leaves as they fall.
And we reflect on the day,
and I write the words down,
all I wanted to say.

And in those moments
all the opposites inside,
the emotions that conflicted
and tugged at my heart,
resolve themselves
in the words on the page;
and I put them away
for safekeeping,
embracing each one
the happy, the sad,
my emotions all.