There is no tranquility
In which to recollect emotion
Exposure to the elements is hard work
Ennui is hard work

We wrongly assert a passive state
When we can identify no special agent
I am anxious we say
I am depressed

I am replete
I am overcome
I am irritated
And never I am contented

Existence for an organism
Requires much more than a state of being
And consciousness rejects the calculations
Of cause and effect

O for a plausible embodiment
To express the tumult
Some mortal immortal god
Some frozen fiery river