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#regulation
(what lives in me before I understand) It begins in my body long before my mind arrives. A surge, a flicker, a trembling at the root of me that says: we are already feeling. There is no stillness that does not ripple. No calm that doesn’t carry the hum beneath it - not peace, but a kind of readiness. Like lightning waiting just behind the skin. I used to try to stop it. To breathe it away. To silence it before it unraveled me in front of someone else. But it only grew sharper in the hiding. It only screamed louder the more I tried to be soft. Now, I listen. Not because I’m unafraid, but because I’m done pretending this isn’t me. This intensity - it isn’t a problem. It’s a language. One I’ve been speaking since before I had words. Maybe even longer. Maybe it was handed down, a birthright carved from all the grief my blood couldn’t name. It leaves when it wants to. Returns just as quickly. There is no asking it to stay gone. Only learning not to run when it comes back. And so I live with this current in me. I build small shelters around it. I move gently but not away. I say: I hear you. You don’t have to beg.
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Jul 31, 2025
Jul 31, 2025 at 1:46 PM UTC
Velithrae
So theoretically, if one made mass profiles on individual users via telecommunications data, for instance, using cell towers one could seperate individuals on a spectrum of information. By directing cell traffic to specific servers. Put the angry with the angry. Put the suicidal with the suicidal. Even seperate by tax bracket if one wanted. Control the rate of dissemination of any kind of information. Who sees what. When they see it. You could even craft a narrative for one to follow. Because now there is machine learning, And that makes all of this possible. Obviously, this would have to be done internally by each respective company. Unless one had a backdoor or "pass-through."
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Apr 10, 2025
Apr 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM UTC
Just Another Satirical Piece, Right?
When my emotions are out of my control and are controlling me, I seek awareness of my emotions by expressing my emotions into a voice diary using the microphone on my computer: upon expression the intense-energy of my emotions dissipates and my mind is clearer; then it is easier to self-regulate my emotions or at least discipline my emotions; then I am ready to strive for joy and happiness.
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Jul 24, 2019
Jul 24, 2019 at 10:54 PM UTC
Emotions Out of Control?
Proteins oh Proteins, How much you do for us! You are our support The framework keeping us up The bones under our skin You are the mad scientist encouraging chemical reactions within us Enzymes, catalyzing reactions You are our traffic regulators Signaling how much, Hormones Like insulin regulating glucose in the blood You are the detectives within us Figuring out what it bad Then flagging it for destruction You are our truck drivers Shuttling materials to and fro Hemoglobin, carrying oxygen from the lungs You are our storage Our shelves packed to the brim with materials Like ferritin storing iron in our bodies There is so much you do That is key to our survival ... However shall I remember all you do for my test tomorrow?
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Sep 23, 2018
Sep 23, 2018 at 7:50 PM UTC
Protein