Goodness gracious I NEVER cease to be amazed at the kind of help people are willing to offer here. Much obliged SINSULL. The poem speaks to me about how one needs to avoid pushing away unhappy or frightening feelings lest we never gain the improvements they offer. (We also need to be sure not to not be locked into rumination over them.) This one in particular helps me to remember to have compassion for we all have these intense feelings from time-to-time...and perhaps that's what makes us "one".