POETRY

When Sadness Paid A Visit

a poem

late last evening sadness paid a visit

she crawled into bed with me curled herself around my body the weight of her head heavy upon my chest so I held her hand through her lamenting and moaning her wailing and groaning

though her heaving and shaking her quivering and quaking

until she emptied herself of her pain and her tears her sorrow and fears

tired and drained weary and bleary she quietly departed

leaving me worn out and spent yet braver and stronger

and learning to tend and bend to care and prepare for the time when she visits me again

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POETRY

When Sadness Paid A Visit