Sadness you sneaky little snake
Sliding up behind my shoulders
Unexpected, uninvited, unintended.
You surround me with your
Dark, dense smoke
Filling the air around me with
Hopelessness and despair
And then I can’t see ahead
So I try to look inside your smoke
Trying to understand why you’re here
Where you came from
Which old crevice of my mind.
And then I dig into the layers
Scratching the surface
Reopening old scabs
Wondering how did you get here
When all this while I was
Looking at rainbows
Bright skies and butterflies.
But the mystery remains
And the smoke gets darker
From the blackness of old wounds
And the murky thoughts now disturbed.
Maybe I should let sadness be
Just what it is
Let it run its course
For the clouds eventually part
And the snake moves on.
Wait it out
Sleep. Breathe. Love.
Tomorrow is another day.