Feeling

I wonder how life would be if I cannot feel anything,
If nothing can touch my heart
If nothing can affect my mind
If nothing can reach my soul.
Would that be a state of nirvana?

But life will have no meaning if I cannot feel its pulse,
Moving in everything I see around me.
If I cannot feel the rhythm of its flow inside me,
If I cannot appreciate what life and living is all about with all its pleasures and pains.

What is beauty if my heart can't appreciate it?
If my eyes only see it with detachment but not with amazement and wonder?

What is love when there are no feelings involve?
When the ability to feel the other person is absent
When everything becomes mechanical devoid of feelings?

What is friendship when the care and concern is nil?
When you cannot feel the absence or miss the presence of the other person
When you are not affected by what the other is going through?

Feelings are what make us human
That make us unique and different from other creatures
That make us our  vulnerable and authentic self

Our ability to feel different emotions is inherent in us
It is in our nature to feel compassion
To be stirred by jealousy
To be moved by pity and empathy
To be roused by anger and hate
To be touched by the warmth of love

Don't  be afraid to feel
Feel everything that you can feel
Go through your emotions feel them
It is the essence of living

Let that tears flow to wash away your pain
Let that laughter ring to express your joy
Let that words of lamentation be heard to show your grief
Let that words of love be whispered and spoken

To live is to feel do not deny yourself
You are alive never allow your heart to harden
Never lose your sense of feeling
Understand and master them in your life


#NaPoWriMo 2019