Sadness

Sadness settles sometimes and drapes itself
Around my shoulders like a grey blanket
Weighs me down
It’s a well acquainted killjoy
An unwelcome and uninvited guest 
Who overstays his welcome
Will I ever see the colours again?
It’s hard to believe
The picture’s all in grayscale now
Should I cry yet again like many times before
Where tears fall and follow familiar furrows?
Should I scream or should I pray or should I tell a friend?
Would it help I wonder?
I’ll try to smile behind this burden
Till beneath its weight I buckle
And with a feeble voice confess
That I’m buggered beyond belief

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