Surprised I look around. Wondering.
Where did the sadness go?
Shouldn't I be sad still?
And worried, where are the worries? Oh sure,
they flick around like moths looking for light.
Bills to pay. A future to live. But somehow I am
calmly confident.
He took the sadness with him.
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well,i keep trying to reply to this, but am having trouble explaining what i meant. but as best as i can relate it, in a brief space, i had been struggling with such a deep sadness for so long, and then in january a year ago, a very simple but sweet 'hello' came my way and the tears almost instantly stopped. i continued on trying to straighten out some seemingly insurmountable problems. Then my beloved companion - canine - passed away, and I found myself sad of course, but not drowning in grief. somehow i've rewired my brain during these past couple of years. "He" i guess is an amalgam of my friend, my dog, and my perseverance.
it's true, at first i worried that the lack of sadness was a problem -- something wrong with me??? i just wasn't used to living without being sad.
hope that makes a little sense
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"He" of course is the question. Who is he...it gives the poem a portentous feel...what does "he" or "He" imply.
On the surface his taking the sadness looks like a positive thing...heck, the speaker is left feeling relief...but being the kind of person who looks for other meanings, I wonder if his taking the sadness is a good thing...that he's taken a necessary ingredient in life...and more importantly, if "he" is just a personification of abrogating responsibility. See, "where are the worries" that makes me wonder.
Is there anything better than not having worries...ok, sure, a 2 liter bottle of Moxie and a loaded pizza...but besides that!
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I read this again and again.. with each read as it sinks in deeper and deeper.. it evokes an entire story.. before and after.. beautiful!
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Thank you for that FM.
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Reminds me somehow of that old saying, "Misery loves company" ... I guess your company left and took the misery along. "thumbup*
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Hi again Picolla. Oh yes, misery does indeed love company. And just try leaving!
This was about a long and difficult life situation, but briefly I suppose "he" referenced an imaginary cohort, and then specifically my aged dog who recently passed away.
Thanks again~
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This has a very gentle air of healing and release into an atmosphere of living. Be blessed!
~K
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Thanks -- I really like your expression of this. It was a healing. "Into an atmosphere of living" is excellent.
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brightness!
Emotions can be contagious or we make them because of the people we are with. We all need good company to be happy - "calmly confident" is delightful. This change is lovely, it makes me happy (even though he left).
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Thanks Margaret for your comments. Trying to catch up with all the prolific AP writers/readers! I suppose "he" referenced an imaginary cohort, and then specifically my aged dog who recently passed away.
Thanks again~
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Worries are indeed like moths looking for light (I really like how you put it!)
Sadness is worse than worries, and when we get rid of it the feeling of relief is immense.
If this is about personal feeling, then keep the sadness away.
Mari
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Hi MariGoes, sorry to just now be catching up on comments. And thanks for yours. This was an observation about a lifetime of depression, and a more recent burning through of all that old mess. Sadness aint no good~
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A message & a wink ...
for your poem has a wee bit of nostalgia built in and yet has an air of the presence of presents. The gift well accepted and understood. Nice sharing. j
y
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Hi there. Thanks for the comment. I guess it is a sort of gift, a gift of the spirit.
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I really like this. It reminds me when I broke up with my boyfriend awhile back. I kept thinking okay, I should be sad. I should be worried but I couldn't come up with anything. This poem toally captures that. I would change some of the lines so that every thought(that ends in periods) have their own line just easier to read plus you get a flow to the poem. Overall a great read that captures feeling well.
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Thanks for your comments and for the line tips. I will get rid of some of the punctuation.
Glad you grew emotionally past the boyfriend.
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I think I understand how you feel here. A certain peacefulness, new and unpracticed, has settled in. The worry-some-ness of life has not changed, but your inner approach has. A re-wiring of the neurons perhaps! And he, whomever he is, played a part in this positive change.
I am glad the sadness is gone.
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