sadness

Sadness, I used to need you. You were my shelter when the world felt too loud, My excuse to turn inward, to stay small. You taught me how to sit with silence, How to survive when the weight of everything Pressed too hard against my chest.

You were steady, always there—

A constant, familiar presence in the chaos.

You shaped the way I saw myself,

A quiet teacher, even in the darkest nights.

But now, I’m beginning to wonder.

Do I really need you the way I once did?

You’ve become a part of me, a habit almost

So familiar, I forget where you end and I begin.

You made me pause, made me look deeper.

You pulled out the pieces of myself

I was too afraid to face.

And maybe, for that, I owe you something.

You weren’t all bad you gave me clarity,

A way to understand the cracks in my foundation.

But you also took so much.

You have a way of arriving uninvited,

Filling the room, taking the best of me,

Leaving behind only emptiness.

And now, I’m wondering if it’s time.

Time to loosen my grip on you,

To let you drift away like smoke in the wind.

Because maybe I don’t need you anymore.

Maybe there’s more waiting for me

A life beyond the shadow you cast.

And though you’ll always be a part of my story,

It’s time for me to step into the light.

To find what’s out there, without you.