Bring out
We can bring out the best
Or we can be a major test
Those who bring out
The best in their spouse
Are the same as those
Who bring out the worst grouse
Our potential to hurt equals
Our potential to give joy
In equal measure
There’s immense pleasure
As there is
in giving grief
Forever remembered
Even if brief
Which wins the day
Depends where attentions stay
If there is staying power
In moments of anger
Pure joy wins
bitterness unhinged
If anger sways emotions
You end up with commotion
Hell breaks loose
Fury of blown fuse
To regroup n recalibrate
Takes skills to navigate
Wonder what you admired
When you are in a quagmire
When will we learn
Without the burn
Anticipate the storm
Long before it brews
Circumnavigate to safe shores
Before there are banged doors
Foresight to see
From egos stay free
Watch which way
the winds blow
Bring out the best
So together we grow
8 November 22
Post Isha