Sadness

Sadness is when the world cries with you:
in raging rivers and crashing waves,
but also in calm streams and gurgling brooks
that are more silent and peaceful.

The tears leak from a dripping faucet,
falling down to a place unknown
where more drops gather
and wallow endlessly together.

It surrounds us in all forms
of man-made objects and nature by God,
comforting each sad soul,
and capturing every bit of doubt.

It becomes happiness eventually:
after witnessing a mother bird feeding her baby,
seeing a sunflower grow in the most unlikely place,
watching an act of kindness take place in front of you.

Sadness always comes back though:
the water bottle empties itself on the ground,
which takes the liquid and makes it disappear.
gone for the moment, only to take a new form.