"Emotion Coaster" by McKayla Kane

Every day is different.
Like the time on a clock,
It will change but always go back.
Round and round and round.
A continuous circle with no ending.

Just like emotions.

Some days I'm angry.
I want to rip off the wallpaper from the wall,
Or scream into a deep dark cave
As it screams back
With a constant back and forth motion.

Other days the sadness won't stop coming.
It fills the bathtub that I lay in,
Surrounded with the tears
That I drown myself in,
Never wanting to come up for air.

But other days are better.
Those days I'm as bright as a sunflower
Staring towards the sun.
As happy as a child who was just given a treat.

Just a day where no one or nothing can break me.

Then I have those days where everything is mixed.
One second I'm shooting water out of my eyes,
And the next a shouting laugh lounging out my mouth.
Or when I'm joking with someone,
They joke back but I take it too personal,
Burying myself in the words with anger
Until I blow.

But every day is new, every day is changing.
With every emotion, I'm pushing
With each step of healing.

             
McKayla Kane, also known as Kayla, is a Senior at Waldorf University majoring in Creative Writing and Minoring in English. She's from Northern Iowa. In her free time she enjoys writing, photography, drawing, but mostly loves traveling and exploring. This is the first time she has put her work out for people to see besides workshops in class, so she hopes you enjoy it.