All these feelings swirling around inside
Looming, growing, but look at them, they hide
Weighing down my heart, dragging on my feet
Gray worry, purple dread, and black defeat
On top of that, orange irritation, blue regret
Red frustration, yellow to just forget
Becomes a swirling, tangled, muddy mess
Of feelings I can’t reach, connect, express
All the thoughts, the jumbled, scattered parts
Each word, idea forms and then departs
Trying to hold these fleeting bands of smoke
To clear the air before I cough and choke
How to condense these vapors into drops
Of water to be captured, put in stops
And somehow match them to emotions’ hues
A puzzle with too many pieces to choose
Too many pieces, none that fit
Easier to let them be, just quit
Except that if I let them be
They will never let go of me
