SADNESS


sadness creeps in like an unwanted storm
the clouds come in
blot out the sun
blot out the sky
blot out the mind
all emotions are gone
all thinking is blurred
sadness is one in itself
the only emotion you can feel
without feeling many others
the simplest of all emotions
maybe the purest
there is a comfort in being sad
the comfort of isolation
being able to feel sad
and only feel sad
nothing else

the rain pours down
as the tears do
salty to the taste
sadness is thought to be blue
but really
sadness has its own hew
as the color of rain is thought of blue
it really is not
nor is sadness
and the tears that come with it
to assign one color to sadness is a mistake
it is white
it is gray
it is blue
it is black
it is every dark feeling color
mixed into one
after the rain
look for a puddle on the ground
watch the recently fallen rain
mix with the mud
mix with the dirt
mix with the grime
and look at the color of the puddle
the closest you can come
to the hew of sadness

unlike the storm
sadness never leaves
it just recedes
always with you
like a parasite
feeding off other emotions
waiting patiently
to return to the surface
softly and silently
creeping in like an unwanted storm.


By: Ryan Stancl