we simmer with temper
and with temptation
bubble and boil with trouble
hot and sweaty with sexcitement
we freeze with disdain
and with silence
below zero when bigotry arises
or to push our point
how do you resolve your ill
extremes are a bitter pill
don’t bend others to your will
or their very soul you may kill
we are odd creatures
with severe extremes
a temperate balance
might fulfil more dreams ..
effective communication
negotiation and tolerance
more effective
do you simmer or chill?
dVerse – Temperature – Lillian
aroused 
Chilling is my middle name 🙂
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great for you and those close 🙂
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I simmer and I chill, depending on the situation. this was exceptional.
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thanks so much for your kind words!
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This is so accurate. As I have grown, I’ve learned to chill more and let little annoyances pass. They don’t mean a thing in the grand scheme of life.
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thanks so much for your kind words Mary
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What a beautiful creation – a person of extremes
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I choose the middle way for balance thanks 🙂
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I really love all your play on words here. You really offer us a full spectrum of the human experience. You’re a true wordsmith my friend. 😊
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We all have our gifts, including you!
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fully aware of that, I’m still seeking mine 🙂
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good points to ponder, as always your poetry stirs the soul Kate. I find the most passionate people make the biggest difference in the world, but those motivated by self interest should be kept at arms length. the world is made up of both hot and cold, I love your analogy to weather and temperatures, gives this poem such depth.
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lol purely thanks to the dVerse prompt or I wouldn’t have thought of it Gina 🙂
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This picture illustrates the text well. A beautiful poem, you can choose words to express distress in the duality of human nature.
greetings
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thanks so much for your kind words
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Balancing in every act of life is much needed.
Off for a minute and all is ruined. It might take years to compensate.
Good to read your poem after a long gap.
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lovely to see you back Rupali, looking forward to your posts!
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All depends on the situation, Kate sometimes chill and sometimes can boil like the kettle. Excellent flow of words and love the picture too.
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Wonderful flow and words to ponder my dear Kate. Sometimes it’s difficult to find our chill zone, but it’s definitely worth learning to have this skill more times than not.❤️
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well said Jenna, we all need to find it our own way!
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I chill! I liked this a lot kate!
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thanks Carol Anne, that means a lot!
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Amazing write 👍
Was for me, I simmer always…..but then i learned, It actually makes no difference. So now i’m learning to chill. What will be will be.
Thanks for sharing this lovely words 💕✌
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Excellent poem capturing us human-beans…and I love how you use temps (and such descriptive temperature words) to describe and compare our emotions and our reactions to life!
I always try to keep a chill-laid-back-open-minded attitude. But, if people are being taken advantage of or hurt, (ETC) I can explode in their defense.
HUGS!!! 🙂
PS…your photo is perfect! It’s like half of the sky is freezing and the other half is on fire! 🙂
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This is excellent Kate. A wonderful examination of our human nature, and a well focused directive that we begin to seek the balance necessary to steer this ship back from the falls. Let’s hope that we’re not already to caught by the current.
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persistent effort will reap rewards Rob, we can change!
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Good observation: “don’t bend others to your will
or their very soul you may kill”
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Great poetry. I usually chill. Unless something happen to make me simmer.
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Same 😂
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O – I definitely boil 🙂
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surprised!
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Lots of good advice in your poem. It is not always easy to control bad temper but we should always work towards it.,
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well said Megha … it’s hard work but with persistent effort I believe we can get there 🙂
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Yes definitely.Thinking and speaking wisely is a work in progress.
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love your words………..i try very hard to chill……..unfortunately, I am not alwasy successful
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lol doubt any of us are but we gotta try 🙂
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Good movement here….through moods and temperatures!
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thanks so much Lillian
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I used to simmer, now I chill.
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