Emo Defined.

Some days, the mood strikes. 

The sky above is cloudy, blue, serene..

yet the waves below are angry, churning, tumultuous..

and you feel like the helpless little boat caught in between,

towed along by forces beyond your control...

You've got so much to say...

yet the words never actually reach your lips... 

Your thoughts run along, linked one to another like a daisy chain...

You type out the words...

stare at the black marks on a white screen...

and then hit the delete button..

You don't want to talk...

You don't want to havta explain yourself...

You just want to withdraw away from everything, 

drown out the world for a few golden moments...

So you put on the headphones and turn up the volume...

and tear apart the individual phrases of a song, 

lending the lyrics a definition all your own.. 

And as the storm within echoes into stillness with the song's final drumbeat...

The vividness returns to the pictures your eyes are taking...

You pull off the headphones...

Take a deep breath...

And are ready to face the world once again. 

Picture Credits:  Hadrie Salim

**Her love for imagery was not drowned by her busy schedule...it simply took a nap**