Poetry is a good outlet for emotion maybe that's why all your poems are sad, angry or "EMO"; because those are the emotions you are trying to express and in a way trying to expell. When I look at stuff I wrote in high school it is pretty dark to.

As long as you don't feel like your head is in a bad place I wouldn't worry about it too much. I think as you get older and have more life experiences your range will expand and you will be able to write happier stuff if you so choose.

If you are writing from the heart and your heart is full of sadness the poetry is probably helping you deal with those emotions. When you translate what you are feeling into poetry it allows you to have a better look at those feelings and may offer you the ability to have a better understanding of them. I've written some poetry but not a lot and it always was a reflection of my inner feelings and thoughts. I don't know how you would force yourself to write something you were not feeling but I suppose with effort and a desire to produce some happy poetry for your friend you may be able to find a way to do that. I just dont think it would work very well and the joy of poetry is writing whatever we feel is important to us. I would think the most important part of composing poetry is that it comes from your own feelings and experiences whatever they may be. It should be about what you WANT to write and if others can enjoy it then all the better but it first is about your experiences; thoughts and how you interpret those into composing your poetry.

((hugs))
Patricia