19 February 2025

Two Emotions

If you laugh when you 
Badly wanna cry.
Is it still sadness?

And sink within when you
Really wanna laugh it out. 
It's still happiness?

And when you cry so
Hard sometimes.
Your tears flowing down
Your nose.

Mixing with the nasal
Fluid and finding 
Way to your mouth.

The salty taste that
Invokes mother's 
Brutal beatings from
Your childhood...

The silent laugh from 
Your eyes that doesn't 
Translate on your lips-

What do you call it?

This gap in your 
Language that can't 
Handle two emotions 
At once.

What do you call it?