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Sadness MAG

March 13, 2010
By Sarbear GOLD, Milan, Ohio
Sarbear GOLD, Milan, Ohio
10 articles 4 photos 489 comments

Favorite Quote:
--Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away from them and you have their shoes.
--When life gives you lemons, squirt them in people's eyes.


Sadness is a ghost,
A lingering spirit never to leave,
Hanging around your whole body,
Swallowing you whole just like when,
At night, you let the pitch-black air cover you in a blanket,
So you can dream about how you wish things were,
How things could have been,
And when you wake up, it just makes your illness that much worse.

Sadness is a way of life,
A disease spread by just a simple look,
Or a conversation,
Or when you notice someone's secret tears,
It eats away at you,
Until you're in pieces,
Shattered in the dark,
And you're digging around in the past,
Trying to put yourself back together,
But the infection is already in your veins,
And no matter the time that goes by,
It's incurable,
And it never leaves.

Sadness is your lost memories,
Distracted and confused,
You miss the good times,
And you can't get them back,
Sadness is the necklace Mama gave you,
That fell off and is lost,
Carrying with it a sort of medicine,
Temporary, but numbed your disease,
And now it's gone,
Like the snowman you made with Daddy,
That melted away on the approach of spring one night,
And with the now liquid snow came your remembrance
Of Daddy's deep chuckle when the deer ate its apple eyes,
And his hands on yours, helping you form its body.

Yes, memories melt away, just like that snowman,
And yes, memories fall off, just like your necklace,
But sadness never does,
It hangs above your head,
And when you start to forget about it,
You breath it in, inhale it,
And once again
You are haunted.



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on Mar. 23 2019 at 3:10 pm
thepoetinthedark BRONZE, Dummerston, Vermont
3 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"Pain demands to be felt"-The Fault In Our Stars John Green
and
"We are all broken. that's how the light gets in"-Ernest Hemingway

this is incredible.

on Feb. 7 2014 at 11:54 am
lovegirl17 GOLD, Donaldson, Arkansas
13 articles 4 photos 5 comments
i rally like this poem, i was in a relationship and he resently dumped me and we were really close and i felt like the world was over but i had some good friends and they helped me through it and i thought your poem was very helpful and inspiring

tiara1234 said...
on Feb. 4 2014 at 12:56 pm
i love this poem my mom used to read this to me its a really good poem but it can be  really depressing

KatsK DIAMOND said...
on Jun. 18 2012 at 3:18 pm
KatsK DIAMOND, Saint Paul, Minnesota
57 articles 0 photos 301 comments

Favorite Quote:
Being inexhaustible, life and nature are a constant stimulus for a creative mind.
~Hans Hofmann
You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.
~Ray Bradbury

This is really, really good. I tip my hat to you. You can read some of my work, particularly Buried Secrets or Sparks, if you honestly, legitimately want to, but if you don't, that's fine as well.

Sarbear GOLD said...
on May. 21 2011 at 8:22 am
Sarbear GOLD, Milan, Ohio
10 articles 4 photos 489 comments

Favorite Quote:
--Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away from them and you have their shoes.
--When life gives you lemons, squirt them in people's eyes.

thank you! <3

on May. 21 2011 at 7:53 am
RadiahMariaBelak BRONZE, Singapore, Other
1 article 3 photos 63 comments
Simply Amazing:)

Sarbear GOLD said...
on Apr. 12 2011 at 6:51 pm
Sarbear GOLD, Milan, Ohio
10 articles 4 photos 489 comments

Favorite Quote:
--Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away from them and you have their shoes.
--When life gives you lemons, squirt them in people's eyes.

Thanks Annabelle:) miss you.

on Apr. 3 2011 at 8:42 pm
Lola_Sveroski, Manschef, Ohio
0 articles 0 photos 35 comments

Favorite Quote:
I am an author. Normal was out of the question by the age of three.

Hey! Congratulatoriations, my friend. (I hope you don't mind me showing this to my English teacher... she'll be terribly jealous of your talent.)

on Jan. 23 2011 at 1:42 am
PerfectMGymnast DIAMOND, Parker, Colorado
57 articles 25 photos 633 comments

Favorite Quote:
"If you don't leap you'lll never know what it's like to fly"

wow this is so good and so relate able too! Congrats getting published in the magazine!! if you get the chance could  you look at my 2 poems The Sinner's Confession and A Mirror Image?? thanks it would be greatly appreciated!! :)

Sarbear GOLD said...
on Jan. 2 2011 at 4:27 pm
Sarbear GOLD, Milan, Ohio
10 articles 4 photos 489 comments

Favorite Quote:
--Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away from them and you have their shoes.
--When life gives you lemons, squirt them in people's eyes.

THanks dad! <3 u

βίωσις said...
on Jan. 1 2011 at 7:50 pm

Sarah, congratulation on your published poem!

You are an amazingly talented writer... love you sweety!


Sarbear GOLD said...
on May. 26 2010 at 12:34 pm
Sarbear GOLD, Milan, Ohio
10 articles 4 photos 489 comments

Favorite Quote:
--Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away from them and you have their shoes.
--When life gives you lemons, squirt them in people's eyes.

thank you so much!!

Sarbear GOLD said...
on May. 26 2010 at 12:30 pm
Sarbear GOLD, Milan, Ohio
10 articles 4 photos 489 comments

Favorite Quote:
--Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away from them and you have their shoes.
--When life gives you lemons, squirt them in people's eyes.

thank you for the  comment. i'm really glad you could relate to this!

Sarbear GOLD said...
on May. 26 2010 at 12:29 pm
Sarbear GOLD, Milan, Ohio
10 articles 4 photos 489 comments

Favorite Quote:
--Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away from them and you have their shoes.
--When life gives you lemons, squirt them in people's eyes.

thank you! i really appreciate the comment, captain!

on May. 24 2010 at 10:29 pm
faypirate23 DIAMOND, Fayetteville, West Virginia
61 articles 0 photos 103 comments

Favorite Quote:
Take the road less traveled by.

crap its like midnight i mean frosty flakes duhh

on May. 24 2010 at 10:29 pm
faypirate23 DIAMOND, Fayetteville, West Virginia
61 articles 0 photos 103 comments

Favorite Quote:
Take the road less traveled by.

ur like forsty flakes YOURRR GREAT !! love it and love u partner

on May. 21 2010 at 10:52 pm
Boosflash DIAMOND, Papillion, Nebraska
55 articles 0 photos 2066 comments

Favorite Quote:
What the front door.

"and once again you are haunted". you have to love this children. you just have to. 5 stars captain.

on May. 19 2010 at 4:42 pm
EmoToboe BRONZE, Kemp, Texas
1 article 0 photos 42 comments

Favorite Quote:
When you've lost it all.......That's when you finally realize.....That life is BEAUTIFUL

Whoa, I wish I could write like that/

Sadness is a strange thing. If you express it near others it rubs of on them. If you hold it inside, it grows until one day out of nowhere, you find yourself facedown on your desk crying, shaking, sweating, and swearing in the middle of class.


on May. 3 2010 at 9:19 am
NeverEnding... GOLD, Northeast, Maryland
14 articles 0 photos 34 comments

Favorite Quote:
"It was as if you had died and no one came to your funeral"
"Whenever i see you i burst apart and scatter the sky with my blazing heart"
"If we can't be happy, maybe we shouldn't be together"
"Right and wrong have ceased to mean much to me"

welcome :)

Sarbear GOLD said...
on Apr. 29 2010 at 6:56 pm
Sarbear GOLD, Milan, Ohio
10 articles 4 photos 489 comments

Favorite Quote:
--Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away from them and you have their shoes.
--When life gives you lemons, squirt them in people's eyes.

thank you aurora!