When Sadness Paid A Visit

POETRY

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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