Dawn & Dusk

In my heart
I have a deep well of emotions
A plunging chasm
Connecting to an underground ocean

Storms boil up
In these fearsome waters
Surging currents
Erupt onto the surface

For below them
Is a volcano of pain
Spewing out hot lava
Again and again

I feel this beating
Crashing against the walls of my heart
Rattling my ribcage
Every morning, it starts

It thrashes about
Like a fearsome beast
But I cannot show it
Because the waters are so deep

All I can do
Is winch a small bucket up
It barely reduces the pain
But for my purposes, it will be enough

I find a sheet of paper
And pour the water out
So, there’s a record to show
What these pains were about