Emotions

Emotions are dangerous beasts that burn bridges and set fire to occupied buildings. They wreck dreams and ships and desires. They rip hopes into shreds that cannot be rewoven into whole cloth, leaving us naked and cold in the darkest times in the most desolate places. Those same emotions, though, create brilliant light with sufficient energy to illuminate the depths of the ocean. They lead us to riches that dwarf the value of even the most spectacular material largesse. Emotions are best sealed in casks filled with lead and dropped into the deepest part of the sea; if not that, then released like white doves and helium balloons.