My Friend Sad (Poem)

Sadness is a friend of mine.

Perhaps that's why

others' happiness is more important to me.

I like to observe happiness

such as couples out in public

Laughing, holding hands, kissing, and all other forms of affection

Seeming to appear so content with life

So abundantly filled with love

And then I wonder

Are they always that happy not in public

I hope so.

But then I wonder

Is it just a mask concealing the inner sadness

And I wonder

Maybe sadness is a friend of theirs too.

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