I sought out this poem as it was especially apt for me this morning. I was thinking about and longing for old friends, feeling the loss of them. This poem reminded me that, just like happiness, sadness is passed from person to person.
Sometimes I Forget Completely
Sometimes I forget completely
what companionship is.
Unconscious and insane, I spill sad
energy everywhere. My story
gets told in various ways: a romance,
a dirty joke, a war, a vacancy.
Divide up my forgetfulness to any umber,
it will go around.
These dark suggestions that I follow,
are they part of some plan?
Friends, be careful. Don't come near me
out of curiosity, or sympathy.
Today's mantra: Feel the sadness. Accept release.
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