Sweet Lady, Why So Sad-

I came upon a huge mural hanging on a wall the woman portrayed had such a sadness in her face she reached out to my heart and s o u l for sympathy . . . sweet lady, why so sad? I wished I could talk to her for a moment hold her hand and brush away all her deep sorrow I know this kind of sadness, I h a v e it too . . . was it your beloved's death? oh, perhaps it is any beloved's deaths that haunt you it could be the loss of a child, parent, friend or maybe someone has said cruel w o r d s my sweet lady . . . is it that my dear? still your sad heart dear, and lift your head high the world is full of mean people- I know this they do not care who they h u r t with their words . . . can you rise above sadness? ___________________________ August 9, 2017 Free Verse/Sweet Lady, Why So Sad Copyright Protected, ID 928208 Written for the contest, She Sits Alone sponsor, Eve Roper First Place