Kate McClelland: Emotional Tidal Wave

Tuesday, 24 May 2016

Sometimes my feelings overwhelm me

And occasionally spill out of my mouth

I try to claw them back into my skull, ribcage and guts

Before any permanent damage is done

I fear that they may eventually burst forth

Like an emotional tidal wave

Gushing out everything and anything I feel

Without the ‘benefit’ of my usual over-thinking or

Cancelling, abridging, expurgating

Rewriting self-critical, malice aforethought

And it will engulf you -

This tempest of feelings

And I will find myself shouting

Until I am totally drained and spent –

I love you.

Picture by Pixabay

Kate McClelland