The Habitat Of Words Poem by Pleasant Dabbs

My emotions are the feelings in my heart
Sometimes my heart is bursting
With the love I feel for my wife
Or for another person
At times my heart is sad for a friend lost
Or a child abused
I feel euphoric for the man or woman
Who wins the fight against cancer
I'm depressed when I think of
How much money I owe
Or how much it's going to cost
To repair my car's engine
That just threw a rod
When I need to communicate these emotions to another
I have to find a way
To put into words
The things I feel in my heart.
Sometimes I'm successful
But all too often the feelings and emotions
Remain unaffected and in their pristine state.
Or until the computer up on top
Can extract them
And convert them into vocalized digital units
Or prompt these impressions to stream
Down to and through my fingers
Then out the fingertips
In paintings and in drawings.

c aaron