Real Feelings

Feelings cannot be pushed
Away and shoved aside
Because feelings are real.
They aren’t to be judged
Or criticized. I can try to
Fight those feelings and
Pretend they don’t exist
Or I can show them
For people to see.
Don’t you feel them too?
It’s like putting your hand
Over my heart and hearing
It beat. You have control
Over it as much as I do.
It’s a rhythm that won’t stop
Until I take my last breath.
These feelings for you
Don’t and won’t go away.
They only grow stronger
With more connection
And force. It’s erupting
Like molten lava.
I hope you’re there to
Catch the spill overflowing.
Once it starts it can’t stop
Unless you’re willing to
Mop it all up and let it
All dry up.