"anger is just...."

"they say that
anger
is just
love disappointed..."

I don't know who they are...
but what if, they
just might
be
right

anger...

the kind that simmers  and
steams,
roils
and boils under the
skin,
until there is
the scent of something burning
something scorched,
hot and
brittle-edged
left
in the air

that kind of anger
doesn't smoulder
in the stoney,
cold-hearted places of
hate...

it only leaps and
flashes
when we
care- so very much -
that someone's
thoughtlessness,
the
careless
disregard,
or
dismissive
slight
feels like a conscious
choice to
do something that
they know will
hurt
us, someone else we love,
or our global community...
deeply...

or, they
haven't thought about
us at all...

we are never really
disappointed by the actions
of someone we don't
care about,
someone in whom
we
are not invested in building a
relationship
a family,
a neighborhood,
a global community with,

we interpret the
strong feelings of disappointment...

as anger...

but is it?

anger flares
when we can't believe
that someone
we love
would not realize how
much we love them,

that they would not care
enough to hold
our shared
dreams,
hopes,
desires,
values,
needs...

our most
cherished
beliefs

as dearly
as we do...

"they say that
anger
is just
love
disappointed..."

but,
i wonder:

doesn't Love, God
do all the
appointing...the sending of
each into the
other's life,
circle of concern,
community of care?

and isn't it true,
that what Love appoints
She
annoints with
the
oil of hope,
the holy water of
purest
desires,
the amazement of
grace --
patience,
meekness,
love...and
good deeds.

Love appoints us to
cherish each
other
in
sweet
consolation,
and
the tenderest of
affections...

trust

so,
just as where there is
light, there is no darkness,
and where there is Love,
there is no fear,
where there is trust, there is
no
anger...

and in the
place of love disappointed...
is Love appointing us
to this very place,
right here,
where there is
only
the opportunity to trust,
to
love
more