Reaction vs. Impulse

I had completed a post before this one

Called "The Spy-Pry",

But when I finished writing it

I realized it was actually a

Rant

Which led me to wonder about the

Difference between

Impulse and Reaction

And I concluded that a

Rant is definitely a reaction

It flowed out of my mind easily

Just like an impulse blog would

But it was provoked by an outer force

The impulse to write about something

Is not provoked by an outer force, but instead

Truly arises out of seemingly nowhere

I write rants quite often and I've had

To train myself to take a break before

Hitting “publish” on a rant

I’m sure there's a rant or two, or three, or four

On this blog

And if I don't go looking for them now

It's because I want to save myself

From the feeling of deep

Shame and embarassment

For having let myself post it

Reactive actions always tend

To leave a bit of

Uneasiness and regret

It's not easy to build

The awareness and tolerance

To allow a reactive feeling to

Settle down

Because there's and urgency to

Get rid of it any way possible

And at any cost