Controlled Emotions

The words burnt like I gulped hot tea
I could feel blood leaving my heart.
Sour words

I inhaled but the air was stale
Reason whispered “please be silent”
Be calm

All felt like storm’s cloud gathering
All ere windows out have caved in
I’m trapped

Silence worked like the sun at dawn
I grew like a field with spring’s rain
Peace came

Thomas Tee2emm Bot