Easy Way
Despair
Hopeless
Feels good
Hate
Burns hot
Feels good
Sadness
Chokes up
Feels good
Regret
No cure
Feels good
Misery
So easy
Feels good
Broken heart
Self hate
Feels good
Fear
Don't try
Feels good
Love
Romance
Hurts
Love
Unworthy
Hurts
(c)2024 Guglielmo Earthbound
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Hello. I don't usually like to talk about the meanings of the poems I write, but as most of my work tends to be so bleak, I'd like to talk a little about what inspired the above poem. I feel that all negative emotions come easily. They are like a drug which, if we let them, will consume us. The older we get, the more pain, loss, regrets and haunting ghosts we accumulate. This is not only normal, there is no cure. Likewise, the more pain we associate with love (which is inevitable), the more we may want to distance ourselves from that emotion. Bad emotions feel good in that our core self seems to want them, and good emotions get harder to sustain because they take work, always.
I am always haunted by pain, loss and regrets. But every single day I do my best to keep them from consuming me, and I try to make room for good emotions. Poetry and the occasional film making helps me channel negative feelings constructively. But anything can help that. Finding empathy for a cat, for a friend, for a character in a book or film, and so much more can help. This said, be careful with mainstream news or social media. They, by nature, will try to make you angry or scared of the world. That may feel good, but it can consume you as well. I won't tell you what to think or how to behave, but I throw this out there as food for thought, even though most of you who like my bleak style of art probably already feel as I do. Thank you so much for the visit! :)
Easy Way
Despair
Hopeless
Feels good
Hate
Burns hot
Feels good
Sadness
Chokes up
Feels good
Regret
No cure
Feels good
Misery
So easy
Feels good
Broken heart
Self hate
Feels good
Fear
Don't try
Feels good
Love
Romance
Hurts
Love
Unworthy
Hurts
(c)2024 Guglielmo Earthbound
************************************
Hello. I don't usually like to talk about the meanings of the poems I write, but as most of my work tends to be so bleak, I'd like to talk a little about what inspired the above poem. I feel that all negative emotions come easily. They are like a drug which, if we let them, will consume us. The older we get, the more pain, loss, regrets and haunting ghosts we accumulate. This is not only normal, there is no cure. Likewise, the more pain we associate with love (which is inevitable), the more we may want to distance ourselves from that emotion. Bad emotions feel good in that our core self seems to want them, and good emotions get harder to sustain because they take work, always.
I am always haunted by pain, loss and regrets. But every single day I do my best to keep them from consuming me, and I try to make room for good emotions. Poetry and the occasional film making helps me channel negative feelings constructively. But anything can help that. Finding empathy for a cat, for a friend, for a character in a book or film, and so much more can help. This said, be careful with mainstream news or social media. They, by nature, will try to make you angry or scared of the world. That may feel good, but it can consume you as well. I won't tell you what to think or how to behave, but I throw this out there as food for thought, even though most of you who like my bleak style of art probably already feel as I do. Thank you so much for the visit! :)