SEL Resources

Say How You Feel

By Joseph Coelho

When I'm sad

it feels like the sky is crashing down,

like the oceans are rising

and the ground is swallowing me up.

All is dark and cold. 

When I'm nervous

it feels like my heart

is going to lightning-strike out of my chest,

like my skin is raining,

like my belly is a mudslide.

When I'm happy

my cheeks feel like rosebuds,

my tummy glows with sunlight,

my shoulders are a forest breeze.

When I'm angry

my body is a rock,

my face is wet clay.

Meteorites inhabit my fists,

my voice is all smoke and fire.

When I'm excited

my toes are ants,

I'm a river bubbling

and an air current of wishes

my smile could explode the sun.