On Sadness

Don’t be afraid of sadness: 

it is your superpower.

It puts days into your seconds;

years condense to hours.

It turns rain into a prism, 

and on the other side is hope.

Don’t be afraid of sadness:

it’s the thing that helps you cope.

Sadness gives joy its colour;

sadness shows pleasure the pain.

Sadness shows you that after the heartbreak 

you can smile again. 

Sadness tells you “this might kill you; 

but, then again, it might not”. 

Sadness hugs you in its frozen embrace

so you can feel it when it’s hot.

So don’t be afraid of sadness: 

sadness is your superpower. 

Sometimes people die years before their hearts stop;

but let sadness in, and listen,

and your garden will re-flower.