POEMS ABOUT ANGER > People Say
​

PEOPLE SAY ANGER IS BAD

 
People say, “Anger is bad.
Don’t get upset, don’t get mad.
If you get angry, it’s not good at all.
You’d better keep anger under control.”
 
And so I did that when I was seven.
I hid my anger from the eyes of heaven.
No matter what would happen to me,
I remained peaceful for the world to see.
 
I thought I had no anger, but now I clearly see,
that this hidden anger kept growing with me.
Each human emotion is just like a child--
it needs our attention and a loving heart.
 
So I noticed my anger, accepted its rage,
allowed it to speak up, wrote page after page…
And I learned something special: that anger can be
a source of inspiration and a resource for me.
 
People say we are spiritual beings. Some feel it’s true.
But I am simply a human with all of my hues--
spiritual, physical, love, and anger too.
Would a rainbow be a rainbow
                                     if it only had blue?
​
​

LILIANA KOHANN
©Artpeace Publishing​

---

Here is a song about anger. I wrote it a while ago to teach my children
​about the importance of accepting one another and about the deeper meaning of anger. 

---