Flirting With Sadness

Straight from Poland
the students next door realise
it’s a warm night.
They are outside
along with their music
and their voices.

Their good time
is not mine.

The drive back here
was much of the usual;
Blacks, Asians and whites
trying to be a combination
of the forementioned.
Stepping in front of the car
to impress their cackle with the usual
‘I don’t give a f**k’ attitude.

Sadness can really kick in
when you watch everyone else
do what they do best…
That bravado fuelled nothing
that ignores everything
which might mean
anything.

Still, I have Arnalds
to drown out the Polish
and a few beers
I shouldn’t be drinking
to numb the knowledge
that I sleep alone tonight,
that I must wake at 7am tomorrow
and that this micro society
dancing around me
is an ugly w***e
stripping the world of love.

just as it will be
tomorrow.

Reviews

[Blue Moon Ice Cream]

Maybe a slightly different situation, but I can empathize with these feelings. You want to join in their happiness, and yet you also think it's stupid. I thought you painted a terrific picture, especially the ending. To me, the line "Sadness can really kick in" felt like a bit of a drop-off from the other well-penned lines...it didn't quite fit in, but that's just how I see it.

[Katannaism]

Hmm... a very gripping piece-and strong. So full of emotional power. Excellent, really excellent! Adding in a few ellipses is encouraged though. (:

[HopelesslyDevoted]

sad, but still another one of your excellent poems!

[Kathryn]

Sad, and dark, like watching happiness through a grimy window. great imagery, well done :)

[State of Grace]

Very sad but still an awesome piece. :)

[JustNeedToBeHappy]

Very clinically sad, very lonely and disillusioned, great piece.

[A.E. Surdam]

So poetic and expressive. Yet so sad. Very nice.