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"Feelings" by Isaiah

Ruth Dykeman Children's Center
You can be anything inside,
but just not show it.
Sometimes I really don't show my feelings,
but I can tell that I feel them inside.

Sometimes I keep my crying inside.
Sometimes I keep my madness,
but I always try to keep my happiness out.

When I'm trying to keep my sadness inside,
it feels like I'm sitting in a bucket of water
and the water wants to spill out,
but I always keep it in the bucket
because I don't want other people
to see it.

When I'm mad, it feels like
a big thud inside me,
like hot water sizzling in the sun.
I keep it inside because
I don't want anybody to get hurt,
but sometimes I punch my pillow,
do push ups or dance,
then I feel as calm as the clouds floating.

I try to keep my happiness on the outside,
like a hot summer day
that makes people feel excited.
If I lose the happiness,
I like it when somebody calms me down
and cheers me up.

And when I'm happy again,
I feel like a pillow,
like a baby playing with it's toys.
I think it's better not to keep my feelings inside,
but to let them out in a good way and not a bad.
Then the bucket will tip
and the water will come out
and I will turn into those beautiful clouds,
and the wind will guide me home.
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