If Sadness Were a Person

How do you get through sadness?

Picture by the author.

You wake up with the rising sun.

As your memories emerge from your brain fog, you feel the air thickening and your chest feels heavier. Maybe it was another sleepless night for you but you’ll blame it on your sleep issues.

You tug at the mess your hair is and braid your hope for the day in it.

Your gorgeous face is dented with two honey-coloured crescents under your eyes.

You dress up your gloom in a bright yellow dress to cheer you up.

Your lips are painted red, a shade louder than your uncertainty.

Looking at yourself you wonder if heartbreak was a person, would it look like you? But you step out in your tallest heels, keeping your hopes and holding your head high for the day.