Tristan Robert Lange

Caverns of the Heart

Emotions are

A barren wilderness,

A blistering sore,

A festering, oozing

Puss pocket of impropriety;

They are wiry nerves

That wind their way

Through our very core.

Emotions are an oasis

In a desert’s bloom,

A floral arrangement

Fantasy

Filled with the fury

Of a volatile volcano

Erupting into

The cavernous

Cockles of the heart.

Emotions are

A shimmering sea

Of rolling waves

Swelling and surging

As the tempestuous tempers

Torture

The inner sensibilities

That cry out through

Wet and wild eyes—

The saline surprise—

Of emotions.

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