Sadness
Sadness,
weeping’s thief,
leaving behind
the ghost of memory.
Sadness,
idle sound
of silenced
footfalls.
Sadness,
thorny stem
of tortured rose.
Sadness,
longing
for the loss
of loss.
Sadness,
soft prickly sting
of love’s
embrace.
2/9/2017
submitted to - Sadness – Poetry Contest
Copyright © John Lawless | Year Posted 2017
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