Challenge
Write about sadness, without using any form of the the words sad, melancholy, dark, rain.
S**
A droop in your shoulders-
eyes focused on void.
With a crease in your brow
you roam through the
days. The days become
weeks, when's the last
time you smiled?
It escapes you as anger,
and you've got them
all fooled.
There's no pat on the
back. No one lends
you a shoulder or even
an ear-
not with your fists that
high and with that heave
in place of a sigh. You
stand at the door, it'd
be a chore to go out-
a disaster you try to
avoid.
So you move when
they watch-
stand still when out
of sight.
And this is how you
live when you lack
a little light.
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