emotionally hijacked

 

Anger is an angry god

anger is like sugar,

for it feels good in the moment

and too much of it isn’t good for you,

too many of us are disgruntled these days

and blast others for being wrong-headed,

too many are emotionally-hijacked 

and self-righteous in certitude,

I had a brother who readily let anger take control of him,

a smoke alarm goes off when he’s cooking,

so he rips it off the wall and throws it outside

sure it deserved to be trash,

he thought he could express his emotions

since he was willing to be hijacked by anger,

I agree that that is a way 

to be in touch with a bit of your feelings,

but I worry that love, joy, empathy, a tear of sadness,

get denied then,

like from a greedy person who skips in line to be first,

gentler, softer emotions can get pushed back

and not have their turn to help us

let the heart express love, appreciation, joy, sorrow,

anger is an angry god

who won’t let other takes on the universe

reveal and express their more tenuous, hesitant realities,

politics today are hijacked by an anger

that divides and builds self

by denying much of who we are,

and thus much of who we can be.

by Henry H. Walker

July 4, ‘22