Poems on Sadness - Blackout Poetry Notes

Misery

My misery loves company.

Under this roof, you'll
look back and think
the long confinement produced much despondency,
but the sick were strong enough
to recover.

Anxiety and uncertain fear
could crush a mind - I want
you to quiet yourself.

Sadly, the world rolled by,
watching us
dream a 
broken delusion.

Former dreams end,
he feared
he would forget himself
and no one 
would know him.

I did not know whether
to resent my dreams; almost
concealed behind an excess of
emotion. I continued the length
of the night: time stagnates here.

I rushed
I couldn't sleep
it was home, and work again.
The passage of time itself had left my life.
It had never occurred to me -
it was too late.

The world is upside down.
I realized
our children would think
the madness and senseless nightmare
endless.

I thought I'd fall in love -
at least that's what
I thought then.
I was a fool in no time.

His soul,
it was a shadow
of his misery.