A Letter to Sadness
Dear Sadness, It is true that at times, you have been the only one by my side when I felt loneliest. It is true that at the times when a person has chosen to walk out of my life, you have been quickest to take their place. It is true that at times you never seem to leave my side. It is true that, at times, you become so close that I mistake you for a part of me- inbuilt and inseparable. But it is time, I have decided, to end our 'friendship', if at all it can be called so. I have found that your strong arms form a wall around me, hidden under the excuse of a warm embrace. I know you intend to shield me from the pain, the guilt and the regret but you have isolated me from the love and joy along with it. The emotions seem to bounce off the surface, never really getting through to me, because you never seem to let them in. You have been selfish, Sadness, in keeping me all to yourself. You have had too much of me, for too long, and I of you, and as they say, too much of someth...