I am happy.
No you don't understand.
I am actually happy.
Right now in this moment, it's like someone switched me on.
I am awake. I am alive.
And for however long,
Happy.
I am happy.
This is rare.
I am actually happy.
Right now all the dark, it seems so far away,
I am here. I am present.
And I want to be,
Happy.
I am sad.
No you don't understand.
I am sad now.
I knew it was coming, from the moment I was happy.
And for longer than happy,
Sad.
I am sad.
This is normal.
I am comfortable with sad.
Right now it is dark, no light can break through,
I am lost. I am alone.
What is it to be,
Happy.
I am both.
Do you understand?
I am both, together.
In a constant struggle, between two conflicting emotions.
I am not sad, I am not happy.
Until the wave of one or the other hits.
Both.
I am both
All the time.
I am both together.
One never lives without the other, one simply stands behind.
I am pain. I am pleasure.
Fighting for a winner, but neither winning long.
Both.
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Author:
DD. (Pseudonym) (
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- Comment from author about the poem: Written as two individual poems, I am sad, being a follow up. I'm working on a 3rd piece on the same subject, may add to this poem or upload separately. Let me know what you think. 3rd and final part added - I am both - Let me know what you think.
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Comments2
very relatable well written, this is great
Thanks KIT for two elegant (in Structure & Subject) Poems with a contrasting Message. There is only a fine line between HAPINESS & SADDNESS ! I am very sad about the victims of the massacre (including some Children) in a Church in Texas ~ One of my fave US States. But I am also Happy ~ they were in Church ~ Praisin' the Lord ~ and they will have gone straight to Heaven ~ AMEN ! In my experience Love is always a mixture of Happiness & Sadness ~ Ecstasy & Agony ~ As you indicate ~ In life & love you can't have one without the other ! Thanks for sharing ~ Hugs BRIAN (UK) Please check my Poems and my Fusion on FLOWERS ~ Thanks B.
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