Scream

You are conditioned to not be loud

You don’t make your loved ones proud

When you raise your voice, in anger or frustration

Almost always it is met with unanimous condemnation

One of the most important tenets of living in society polite

Is to use your inside voice, express displeasure in a manner quiet

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Yet there is a primeval urge hidden under wraps

To be loud, to let everything out, perhaps

That is the reason “The Scream” is a masterpiece of art

Letting out a feral scream can lighten a heavy heart

It is a way to release bottled up emotions

It can be a powerful anxiolytic potion..

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Of course you cannot scream just anywhere

Before you scream for release, you must be aware

Of your surroundings, but even screaming into a pillow

Has been recommended as a strategy to let go

Of pent-up anger and frustration to find

Catharsis, in both the body and mind