When the passions of madness were suppressed and hidden within the heart, they rose like smoke and fell down like lightning.
This couplet captures what happens when deep passion and intense emotions are forcefully suppressed within the heart. Instead of simply fading away, this trapped fervor either rises as suffocating smoke—turning into silent, choking grief—or strikes back down like destructive lightning bolts. It is a vivid reminder that repressed feelings rarely disappear quietly; they either consume us from within or explode into ruin.
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