by Carol Gioia

Created on: April 12, 2009   Last Updated: March 23, 2012

Sometimes, out of the blue,
sadness comes to visit,
overcome with melancholy,
unable to dismiss it.

Walking around in sorrow,
downhearted and dejected,
for no apparent reason,
cannot get connected.

Despite feeble efforts
to shake this pensive mood,
anxiety increases,
despondency intrudes.

Smiling to the world,
I deny having such cares,
but, one kind word, or a gentle touch,
finds me dissolved in tears.

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