My Feelings  
like a dam just waiting to break  

My Thoughts  
like a swirl just waiting to spiral  

I either feel too much  
or think too much  

Others’ feelings  
like a river flowing  

Others’ thoughts  
like a soft blow  

It’s balanced
they don’t feel too much or too little  
they don’t think too much or too little  
just… enough  

I feel too much  
I think too much  
I’m too much  

Or is the world too little?  

“You’re too sensitive”  

Maybe I just feel deeply  
Is that a curse?  
A gift?  
Both?  

Like a double edged sword  
making me weak and strong  

Emotions and thoughts
two things that make us human  
two things that need to be balanced,  
yin and yang  

That balance harder to find  
than a needle buried deep in a straw bale  

Who is in control?  
Who is right?  
Me? My thoughts? My feelings?  
Everything and nothing?  

Maybe I’m the dam and the river  
Maybe I’m the swirl and the soft blow  
And maybe nobody has found the needle