Essay poem

Why do we keep feelings bottled up, I mean are we afraid of the outcome, are we scared of our own feelings. Feelings what are they and why so many. But one in particular catches my eye and that’s sorrow, sorrow is a sad emotion. I recently read a poem “If there be sorrow” by Mari Evans, a poem that makes me wonder about my emotions especially sorrow, there are many definitions but it is still hard to define. This poem has feeling probably because this poem is about a feeling itself. Life flows through this poem, it had me thinking why do we feel sorrow and why do we have emotions anyway. Up’s and downs is a part of life and with
that sometimes comes sorrow.
First off the first line of this poem takes me away “If there be sorrow let it be”, this line is
telling one to express themselves. Sorrow, don’t bottle it up with other feelings competing to be expressed and let out. Let it be and let it go. Mari Evans I believe wrote this poem for people who struggle with their emotions and expressing them.
Mari Evans wrote this poem for life and the emotions that comes along with it. In this poem she list things as “undone, undreamed, unrealized, unattained”. What she list is a few of how one may feel sorrow out of life.
An emotion that this poem is based on is sorrow, sorrow can mean more that what one may think. People can fell sorrow from everyday tragedies like losing someone in a car accident to just not being able to follow their dreams. Dreams when crush people feel depressed and depression brings on sorrow.
Finally to me she defines sorrow and kind of creates a picture, but only gives you a few examples and the picture is not that clear. Sorrow is an emotion that is sometimes hard to show and hard to contain. When all that’s said and done it is what it is. This poem is short but it says a lot. Life is all about sorrow along with other emotions. Feelings are apart of being human and dealing with life, so deal with it.