Driven by emotions
controlled by them
actions, reactions
responses dictated.

Excited or aroused
what we say
how we act
oft opposite of
what we want.

Emotional fires stoked
with harsh words
which later we regret
hurts, scars we beget
that never we forget.

Why must it be so
the answer you must know
in control you think you are
but you are totally incorrect
your emotions are in effect
not much you can reject.

Herbert Holzbauer
© July 2005

Midi: "Oh, Lady Be Good"
Composer: George Gershwin
Sequencer: Eric Halstead
(www.musicforpianos.com)

Art: "Mixed Emotions"
(Computer Painting)
Artist: Barbara Burns
(www.barbaraburns.com)