How many emotions exist,
did I inherit them all?
how do I know which ones I got,
how do I know if they work or not,
and how do I find the one I missed,
the one I never felt at all?
For now this emptiness
persists;
like a flower that will not
bloom or wilt;
Why did it spring
after love and tears;
how did it come
after lonesome fear?
perhaps in place
of that one I missed,
the one I never got at all.
12/4/15: Linked to Poets United
THOUGHT PURGE 
I like the questions here, but sometimes we have no answers. Lovely poem.
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Thanks Myrna 🙂
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wow. i entirely like this from the opening questions to the metaphors and symbolisms on the next stanzas. poignant and reflective piece of writing.
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Thanks so much Totomai.
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such a terrible realization, that there is emptiness ~ maybe you need to buy another packet of seeds, smiles ~
enjoyed this one ~
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Thanks Grace.. and indeed that is good advice 🙂
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Yes that worry of not getting all of them is a strong one.
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Thank you 🙂
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You have touched on several timeless questions here – if only the answers were clear.
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Thank you Kerry… some things will never become clear I guess!
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Emptiness is the most terrible feeling – it’s almost like being stuck in the worst place…which i sense here
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Thanks Jae Rose. Glad the poem worked!
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you have described it so well :‘like a flower that will not bloom or wilt’
sometimes we are so drained that the emotions are kept in check.
lovely poem, and interesting questions too. 🙂
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Thank you. Am glad you enjoyed it!
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you lend a beauty to the emptiness…love that instance of the flower neither blooming nor wilting…
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Thanks so much Sumana 🙂
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The bloom without a fruit is such beautiful emptiness.
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Thank you Bjorn 🙂
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This is a brilliant description of emptiness:
“like a flower that will not
bloom or wilt”–perhaps one of the best, most creative, and most unique that I have ever read. Excellent!
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Thanks so much C.C…that’s very generous of you. 🙂
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I love this–makes me want to cry a bit though
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Am glad it connected with you. Thanks so much for reading.
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I do feel the emptiness here. I wonder sometimes what happens to other emotions on the spectrum. I wonder if they were all equally distributed….or not.
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Perhaps skewed in their distribution, sadly. Thanks Mary.
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Intriguing questions. Indeed, how does one know which one is missing, if one has not felt it? I like the line “for now the emptiness persists.”
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Thanks Sherry. Am really glad you liked my poem.
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some flowers need a lot of time to bloom 🙂 i like this one.
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Thank you Natasa.
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I love the opening here…sometimes I feel like I got them all and then suddenly something comes up I was not expecting…perhaps that one I missed, perhaps not….I love this poem
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Thanks Donna. Appreciate your kind comment.
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