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Sadness is Everywhere

10/16/2023

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Have you ever had someone mention a certain kind of car, and it seems you are suddenly seeing them everywhere you look? The same can happen when sadness is strong within you. The sadness out there was always present, but it didn’t resonate as much with you until your heart was filled with your own. I can attest to this even with my loss several years past now. Perhaps I could never empathize as deeply until I experienced such a deep sorrow. 
Sadness Is Everywhere
 
Sadness is everywhere it seems to me –
online, on TV, and in every book I read.
Maybe it was the same before my loss.
I’m not sure for there was nothing to compare.
Now my tears are a constant companion,
waiting for any excuse to release my sorrow.
A stranger is dying. The tears appear.
A fictional woman dies giving birth,
kindness is shown to the downtrodden--
all open the floodgates of my tear reservoir.
Sadly, it only leads me to my real sorrow
becoming front and center without reprieve.
Every regret about the past rises up
to join with all the fears about tomorrow.
The tears flow until I can barely breathe.
I finally reach an empty place in my mind
that helps me push thoughts and feelings aside
so I can put one foot in front of the other
and pretend I’m okay until hopefully I will be.
 
©DWilliamsen 

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    Dannye Williamsen
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    A Diary in Verse

    Pablo Picasso said, “Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.” For me, free verse is like a diary. It serves you by allowing you to release your emotions by setting pen to paper. At times, it helps you clarify your thinking on a subject. Regardless of the motivation, it is an intimate exercise. As a writer, it takes courage to share them with others. The words lay you open to the world.

    Life is a purifying process. It serves as our crucible – a place where we can experience the heat of change. Life is our source for opportunities to transform ourselves. For me, writing, particularly free verse, helps me transform my feelings about difficult situations by putting them down on paper. Oftentimes with those verses serving as release valves, I can feel myself changing as soon as I place the last period on the verse.

    One thing all humans have in common are emotions. Emotions exist on a complex spectrum, and the spark leading to their expression can be either intrinsic or extrinsic. It can stem from experiences in the past or those in the here and now or even those on the world stage.

    I chose to share these in hopes they would resonate with others. I hope some of them can serve you on your journey, if for no other reason than to know you’re not alone in how you are feeling.  
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I will read forever because it lets me visit in my mind the worlds that I will never be able to see; it helps me put away the stresses of the day and relax into the rhythm of the story before me; it lets me bring to the surface and experience without regrets those feelings I hide away; it lets me re-experience the thrill of first love through someone else's eyes; it keeps my mind juiced so that it will never desert me; it is always there for me even when there's no one else. I will read forever no matter whether it is print or digital because the words will always call to me. ~ A Sassy Scribbler