questions

Why do people succumb to anger?


thoughts

It feels so easy to slip into its grasp. But at the same time, from a distance, it looks quite stupid. Aren't we overreacting? What's the point of hitting one another, yelling at one another, going to war with one another? Yet when are up close, immersed in anger, we feel nothing but blissful rage, if that makes sense. Sweet revenge empowers us. Makes us feel as if we are at the top of the world. Maybe it is a survival mechanism. But I sure wish it weren't.
silent b

not yelling
never yelling
you speak silently
eyebrows knitted together
tapping your pen impatiently
against your hand

silence is your weapon
your eyes daggers
without even raising your voice a notch
you show us the right way

and for that i thank you

the silence pains you as much
as it pains us
and we will be sure
to prevent that silence

anything,
anything but that dreaded silence
. . .