Emotional

When you watch a gritty mother saying she’s told the kids their house has burned down.
When you watch a Borg -McEnroe doc on their struggles, rivalry and friendship.
When you see how much sacrifice a women’s England football player made to get to the top.
When you see a friend struggling with bureaucracy diagnosed with cancer.

When you look back.
When nostalgia brings a lump to your throat.
When a song comes on that gets you going cos you suddenly got older.
When there’s a moment you could have changed.

When you watch a soppy film about pets.
When someone dies. When your team wins.
When someone says something that isn’t even upsetting.
When something triggers something in you.

When you get good news out the blue.
Not often bad news cos you hold it back
And not always when you should.
It usually comes when least expected

But that’s when you get like the poem title says.
Probably on your own, the best way.
Sometimes with others.
When you think to yourself something they won’t say.

When you surprise yourself
‘Well yeah, I can get emotional.’