His sea-foam eyes fogged in grief as he reclined upon the couch, a grief that spanned callous years, per-chance a decade or three. The dirty mullioned windows stole his attention in full, its beams rotting at their leisure, its panes pollution smeared. I imagined them to whisper, the man and that imposing window, to hold the most sympathetic of communions. Then all at once, ever so fast, he reaffirmed my gaze and held it strong, as if it were my very hands he clasped. His eyes glossed as a glacier in summer heat. I prayed, how I prayed, he’d welcome these sparks and fan these flames. For if his inner hearth could roar once more, he’d be restored and lament no more.
Behind his crumpled form, even the flowers collapsed in a desolate solidarity. As his eyes rained, the skies cried upon them and every hue of that living photograph was greyed.
Being sad is the book of what hurts you and it takes courage to read pages inked in your own tears.
Sad is when the loving self needs healing, when it seeks sanctuary and nurture.
Sad is a chance to learn about the self, when the soul opens its windows and doors.
An honest examination of sadness can bring forth happy days.
I can pull myself to standing, I always can, yet tears come in such generous streams as I long for a hand to reach down. It's good that I can climb hearing only the echo of my feet, I just think that it would transform to something brighter all the faster in the company of friends.
I see those gravity-drawn shoulders painting a picture of your heart, as if neither it nor your soul would welcome a beat. I see in your eyes that your brain has built some new walls with you so lonely on the other side. If you'll give me a chance we can take them down brick by brick and start to feel together what it means to be a real friend.
Sad is an emotion of your inner good wolf, your angel self, and so you must as the good wolf for solutions and not 'out-source' it to the evil wolf. For love must always chose, never icy emotional indifference.
If you shine lights in the sad times you can discover the once unseen knives and render them safe.