POEMS ABOUT ANGER > Anger
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ANGER

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?
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LILIANA KOHANN
©Artpeace Publishing (Original title "People Say"​

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I'd like to share with you a song called, "A Sailing Lullaby" I wrote it to teach my children about the importance of accepting one another and about the deeper meaning of anger. There is also a music video where you can hear me sing and play guitar. We used a mix of real human and lego stop motion animation. To see it, click HERE.

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