A Child's Rainbow of Feelings

A Child's Rainbow of Feelings

by Susie E. Caron    (c) 11/18/14

I have a rainbow of feelings
Most without names
So I cannot tell you
When I feel different or just the same

Sometimes I feel awful, froggy or swell
Wintered or drawn or just hating some smell
Hopeless, morose, splithered or sprawn
But how can I tell you, when my feelings go wrong

Please talk with me often
And let me sputter and spew
Because I have no other way
To show my feelings to you

Instead I may arrghhhh!
Yell or just pout
And often you scold me
And punish and shout

I count on you to help me
To learn my colors and things
So I know you can tell me
The feelings that my every day brings

To you, to just name them
Without judgment or shame
Because feelings are just feelings
And they need their names

For me to understand
What you want me to do
When I’m feeling froggy,
Or  happy or blue.

So talk with me often
Don’t yell, scold or shout
Tell me their names
And what they are all about

Oh…and one more thing…

I need you to show me what my feelings should do
By modeling for me what they look like on you.

Susie E. Caron (c) 11/29/14

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