Do You Know This Feeling?

Do you know this feeling?

It’s when the ice seeps in

And you go blind

With fury, with false notes

Still ringing in your ears

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Do you know this feeling?

It’s when something takes control

Something you know

But that you can’t express

So you take your best guess

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Do you know this feeling?

It’s when the song lines up

And we harmonize

It’s rare, it’s divided

But it’s together all the same

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Do you know this feeling?

It isn’t called by name

It’s barely there

But you feel it like a cold stare

Words fail, hearts can’t hold it

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Do you feel this feeling?

A pounding, a beating

Tossing and turning,

Flowing like a current

Dancing like the wind

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We’re ready for the feeling to begin

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Explanation:

Is it the same feeling each time? I’m not quite sure. When I really asked myself that question, I realized, at least for myself, that all feelings have the same undercurrent of a buzzing, yearning feeling. And that feeling is barely there—but it’s there once you notice it, just like a cold stare (stanza four, lines three and four). That feeling is so incredible, that “words fail and hearts can’t hold it”.

When I realized that in every feeling, I find this core feeling (that is neither good or bad but definitely in-credible), the last two stanzas came. And just to clear up, the last line could either be that we’re ready to feel this particular feeling, OR it could be that we’re ready to begin feeling in general. It’s up to you.😉

Thanks for reading! If you like this, check out more of my poetry posts!