Poem-- Emotions

The poet in the following lines metaphorically equates emotions with the waves of the Ocean. Emotions in our life hold the highest regard. We are always intent on giving our emotions undue importance and consequently the results reflect in the way we react to different situations. In our lives, we think that emotions are of utmost importance, and in that same delusion, we fail to regard any situation dispassionately and appropriately. Our emotions ever cloud our better, impartial judgment. Thus we go on living life on basis of recurrent whims. The poet here exhorts the individual to understand that his emotions are not all that there is to himself, and that he must learn to understand them and thus be above them. For emotions are often equated with fools, who end up being someone else's tools...

Emotions
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Oceans have relation with earth
as emotions have with life
Oceans ebb with the tide and
Emotions swell with the tide.

There was once a time, the world thought,
there was no land beyond the seas,
But to this day we are all distraught,
as forever we go on emotional sprees

Emotions are nothing but a momentary surge,
tender, passionate or dark they may be,
Emotions are winds that take you on the verge,
as you sail endlessly on the dangerous seas.

We hold them highest in life's fraction
emotions ever dictate our line of action,
Forever are we scarred by our resulting acts,
its time to dispassionately regard the facts.

As we run through the paces of life,
as we struggle to overcome the tides of fate,
The emotions swell to dizzying heights
as they make us increasingly irate.

So cognize them for what they are,
nothing more than a momentary surge,
Let them not leave you with lifelong scars
so be ever balanced, I rightly urge.

The time is now to make a pact,
as you bravely sail over the torrential oceans
Before you set out for the divine abstract,
realize that life still lies beyond emotions

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Ajinkya Mate