sadness *trigger warning*

do not read if you are easily triggered!

at one point

being alone was the most terrifying

thought in the

world. 

but then I learned to embrace loneliness and sadness

like an old friend I hadn't seen in a while

but the thing is, they weren't old friends.

they were like a disease that 

creeps up on you in the middle

of the night when you're laying

in bed, thinking...

   thinking...

thinking...

thinking about every possible thing that 

went wrong in life and it starts to eat you alive

like a flesh eating virus

sadness consumes you

sadness will kill you

sadness

is

a

sickness

Author's Note

too triggering? Or no?

Reviews

[Willard Wells]

Many of us write from the dark dungeons of our minds. I am more uncontrolled mind maintained and not really deeply depressed, but I have traveled to the edge of that space and have seen the darkness. You want to run away, but you also want to embrace. I sit on the blades edge as I expect you do.

Work with it and you will have my controlled madness. A fun house unto itself. No, no triggers. Thanks for the warning and i very much enjoyed the ride. It was fun.

Great work and thank your for sharing.

[Lilly Lyle]

oh my soul. This poem reminds me something that Ellen Hopkins would put into one of her books. Really nice job!

[AaronFreitas]

This is awesome... truthful and painful. I loved it... I have been there in that lonely place all too often. Love the way you wrote it... love the pain in the words. Awesome work :)

[KanaDream]

This is very well thought out. The way you spaced everything adds to the flow of the piece. The message is also intriguing and true. It's sad. It's depressing. It's true. Nothing wrong with speaking the cold hard truth. Not many people are brave enough to. Keep dreaming ^^

[Mick Burke]

Well written. I agree, sadness is a sickness, but not one that can be cured with conventional medecine. Kindness and friendship would be my prescription.