sadness

sadness is,
being alive,
to think
to reflect
in quietness
with no one there,
to share it with

sad is,
a pristine alpine lake
with no one there to view it
to share it with speech
with feelings expressed in love

sadness is
no one there
no one anywhere to love

the glorious majesty
of nature’s unspeakable beauty
with no one ever,
no one to see it
is sad

like a newborn duckling,
its mother nurturing,
bathed in light
nature's scene
glorious splender,
preening its feathers,
in infinite midst of living things
with no one there to see it

the crashing of ocean waves
aqua skies
winds wild upon the face
of a living earth
mountains laden
with multi colored rock
creation vast
so sad
were there no one there
to see it
to feast eyes upon
the beauty,
no one there
to feel life

snow and ice
moving clouds
shades of grey
white and blue
trees of every hue

brilliant moving
sun and moon
black blue of space
sparkling stars
splendidly therein contained
such sadness profound
were there no one there
to see such things

no living human
to walk and gaze
in exclamation sing
to be therein

sadness is,
a person dying
slowly pining away,
quietly crying
with no one there to comfort,
no one there
to ease the pain
a person dying . . .
alone

no one to reach for
no one to touch,
no one to look upon
to want,
to love so much,
with no one there
to feel it