POEM STARTER

Inspired by Jewelie Rain

Write a poem that transitions through two or more of the seven stages of grief: denial, bargaining, anger, depression, loss of self, reflection, and acceptance.

Sadness

Sadness I have so much sad in me Born with sadness in my veins It’s the only stable thing that goes through me Flowing back and forth my body Sadness is always there Under every happy moment There is a sadness One I can not describe For it is always there When I get sad it comes in waves But not small ones Tsunami waves crashing inside my head Rocking my brain and spilling out of my eyes My sadness is like an ocean Never trying rocking the boat, but being unstable since the beginning My sadness comes It does not go No matter how much I ask, using my best manners my mother taught It stays, taking a permanent residence in my mind The days I feel sad I feel it more than anything Not being able to get up or out anywhere Because of the storm inside my mind It manifests in everything In anger In joy In embarrassment I have to go silent when it happens Or else my eyes form a storm That won’t stop raining for anything or anyone Even the softest smile Biting my tongue so tears don’t spill when I talk And talking about it doesn’t help Telling people the small colors of a wide ocean One that keeps on wanting, and taking, and growing The one night they said I said something mean Something I would never say Because I care too much for my own good, and for theirs I threw a rock for an hour In between my hands, at first in anger, then in sadness Feeling like I could repress it, to stop the crying To stop the weight on my shoulders that just keeps growing Throwing it in my hands to try to make a pain One that will take away my feelings Even thought I was told I look menacing I wasn’t speaking to anyone To stop the tears I pushed them away In fear of crying Looking weak in front of people I have a hard time talking to because of anxiety I thought they hated me I gripped the rock hard that I had dents in my hands I would throw the rock, trying to throw my emotions alongside But the longer I repress them the longer I cry The more my emotions grow I cried into her for a long time Worried to much about what other people thought When they were wondering if I was okay I cried because I pushed her away I cried because I was born to Because my body had sadness in its blood Because I feel things more than others Things I can not express
Comments 2

oh this hit hard. you’re not alone