When Sadness Moved In

Where will this road take me?

I walk, unfettered and optimistic

Will things fall into place this time?

Will life finally be a little bit kind to me?

I wish and I ache

My mother brought me new clothes

I’m wearing them and I feel renewed

She wishes for nothing but the best for me

I write poems about the gloom within me

I carry my heavy words and my aching heart

I will make her read my words someday

When did this sadness arrive on the doorstep of my life?

Carrying heavy bags and struggling

I open the door and help sadness inside

We carry the bags together to my bedroom

Sadness sits on my bed

It goes through an old photo album

A picture of me laughing

Sadness frowns. Maybe it feels bad

I make a strawberry milkshake

We talk about life

We look at the bags

I wish they weren’t so heavy

We will figure it out, I tell sadness

Until then, we are roommates

We listen to music

We write poems

We play word games

Sadness falls asleep writing

I stay wide awake

I know it’s here to stay for a long time

The bags are heavy

I’m afraid to open them

I don’t know what mysteries await inside

Sadness is snoring now

I turn off the lights.

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