Are you
overcome by sadness
when there’s no real reason why
sometimes the tears start falling,
nothing happened to make you cry.
Somewhere deep down inside
as if a switch clicks off then on,
the emotional time passes away
sadness and tears, both are gone
maybe dark thoughts had taken hold
without you ever knowing why,
now
fading,
a distant memory,
you smile, you continue..
and yet you sigh.
LadyP © 2010
‘tis an old one, but one which still pulls, for the feelings return and ebb like the tides, forever in the thrall of the Moon…
Pen Pusher, I just write when the mood takes me, and wherever my imagination wants to go I try to follow.... 
● Poems 'n Stuff ● 
I do sometimes, LadyP, some emotions just sweep over you, man or woman, they can take a hold when you least expect it. Then they disappear and life goes on. Your description fits like a glove. x
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forgot to mention, old or new, they delight the senses. x
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You maketh me blush in response, you are too kind… xx
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My thanks MikeR, glad you felt the emotions, (not the emotions as in glad you felt sad and erm… I give up 😉 ) … anywho, glad you enjoyed the poem… Muchas Gracias xx
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Yeah it happens a lot hun – bad memories and current fears, mostly…
Love and hugs sweetheart! 🙂
Prenin.
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a safety valve methinks Sir Prenin, after the tears the fears can appear smaller, ..xx luv ‘n’ hugs.. my friend. xx
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I have been there indeed but I think reading your poetry would snap me out of it pretty quickly. Silky writing indeed.
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You are so kind, Andrew, just glad you enjoy reading them, … many thanks for your lovely comment.. xx
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Been there, Pen. I guess it happens to all of us from time to time.Though it would suit me just fine if it didn’t happen at all.
Love and hugs to you, my friend! 🙂
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It does indeed, Deb, It used to happen a lot to me, but I think I’m beating the blues and replacing them with Mauve, with a slight tinge of pink at the edges.. 🙂 Hope you are able to fight them off lovely friend.. … luv ‘n hugs aplenty… xPenx
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How does one click “like” on a poem of sadness? I suppose it is those moments where I am truly humbled and realise that, along with the joy, there are moments we are stopped in our tracks by moments of the opposite. Our bodies store and restore. I don’t particularly enjoy those moments of sadness but do feel cleansed by the tears I’ve shed, like a washing of the soul. It passes, just as you say. Good poem, Pen.
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I so agree with your words, Leslie, tears wash away the sadness, cleanse the inner being and restore us to the person we truly are… Sadness cannot hold us, it just reminds us that there are such times when we need the release … many thanks for your thoughtful comment my friend… and glad you enjoyed this poem… xx
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Lady P..I have that and i think its my hormones working on my emotions.
its a wierd feeling and when my hubby asks why?? i cant answer. It goes and comes and goes…
Enjoy Lady P. the moments are important.
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the moments are truly important, Sweeti, … and I can understand not being able to explain ‘why the sadness,’… it just ‘is’ … Have a good weekend my friend. xx
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If I start to cry there sure is good reason. It does not happen often!
you don’t cry do you?
love, Eddie
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I’m glad it doesn’t happen often Eddie, and I haven’t cried without knowing the reason for a while… thank goodness, but this poem was written when I had a lot to sort out in my life, not least was finally knowing myself… 🙂 .. love to you …. xPenx
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In anyone’s life there are days like that. we have feelings.
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You have described the feelings well. No tears but the emotion is there. Good capture!
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thank you John, (you’ve just caught me catching up, comment wise 🙂 ) … glad you enjoyed my Inside Out,…. x
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Beautiful Pen!! hugs xxxx
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many thanks Willow.. xx
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🙂 😉
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Words that speaks what most of us feel. Yes, got moments like these but then smiling knowingly seem to help.
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smiles always help after the storm of tiring emotional release, traveller, … xxx
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The emotional time the tears start falling but nothing to make me anymore Thank you with your imagination Pen!
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tears come and go, Michiko, as the sun comes after a storm, Smiles to you my friend… xxx
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Yes Pen many times , this is good well done again.
Have a Lovely weekend although the rain has returned phew!!
Hugs Sheila xx
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thank you Sheila, emotional times can be wearing, but thankfully short when they appear… Glad you enjoyed this one… We have dark clouds and rain forecast for later, all I can say is it’s good for the garden 🙂 .. so I’m smiling… Hugs to you and Li’l Lucy… Have a wonderfilled weekend.. xPenx
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I feel that way a lot Pen. You said it perfectly! xx
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’tis a natural emotion Beth, taking hold when we least expect it… but the smiles return, like the sun after the rain… (I remember being told never to water the garden in sunshine, yet Mother Nature does it .. 🙂 ) … hugs to you my friend. xx
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Beautiful. I think everyone has had those days. You put it to pen wonderfully.
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many thanks Susan, for dropping by and for your lovely comment… as you so rightly say, many feel the touch of deep emotion, and tears that heal the pressure … xx
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Can remember one time as a little boy that an incident occured like that, but I didnt cry till the next day and no one knew why and I couldnt tell them.
Still recall that sad incident.
A good writing Pen
Ian aka Emu
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My thanks to you Ian, and yes, sudden emotion is hard to explain, but we need the outlet, … glad you enjoyed my sharing this… xx
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miss Pen, tu décries si bien cet état d’âme qui nous traverse parfois sans savoir le pourquoi
magnifique de te lire… bisous vers toi
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je suis heureux que vous avez apprécié mon poème, Paul, c’est la tristesse qui passe vite, mais nous fait «sentir» de cette façon pendant un certain temps … bisous à toi .. xPenx
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Hi
Pen, sorry I haven’t been by for a while, I just don’t don’t feel I have the commitment to blogging lately, though I give a glance to other’s blogs occasionally, but when I saw this I decided it struck a cord, since I lost Tango there aren’t many days when I haven’t cried, a light went out somewhere inside me, Ruby is such a sweet little lady, but bless her, she just doesn’t have the character, no dog ever will. So I’ve been jogging along with the undemanding kight-heartedness of Face book, and I do get feedback, something that was in short supply from my blogs, stupidly I know, but it hurt and I can do without rejection. Oh dear I think I’d better stop as this is turning into a right pity me sob story, Keepup the good work Pen, I’m watching :-)X
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I know how you feel, Tango wise, Arlene, and as I type this tears are starting… never a day passes that I don’t think of Bess, and how she filled my days … So, special they are…that nothing can come near them and how they made us love them in response to their trust in us… I can understand too, about Facebook, as you say, the instant and lighthearted approach works, I just never felt ‘at home’ there as I do on WordPress, typing and sharing my little poems…
There is one thing I always meant to mention, your page link on WordPress, I don’t know if anyone mentioned it, and maybe it explains less visits… If you click on it yourself on your comment you’ll see what I mean,… mayhap opening another blog on here would iron out the problem? Otherwise if you’re settled and happier on Facebook it doesn’t matter either way. I just thought about it now., and it would be lovely to have you back here. You are missed you know… warmest of hugs to you and Ruby Tuesday.. from me, and her who is near silent but always in my heart… (just as you and Tango are )
xxxPen xxx
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Hi Pen thanks for feedback, I don’t quite understand what you mean about comments, they show up, also my reply shows. You’ll have to go through things in more depth.
Right now I’m trying to catch up with the rather neglected garden, and there never seems to be enough time. I didn’t go much on Fb when I first tried it, but I do find it useful to keep up with dog friends and what’s going on in the dog world, it’s quick and easy, and always someone to respond to conversations no matter how brief (and inane) but if I’m honest I prefer blogging. Maybe if. I give it some time, though I’m curious to know what my WP blog problem is ? I do think of you often and empathise with you, hope to hear from you soon. XX
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’tis when you comment on someone else’s site. Arlene, the comment is usually answered by someone ‘clicking’ on ‘Arlene’ to visit your site…for some reason, the link doesn’t take you back to Arlene and Tango’s blog… It diverts to a different page… Try doing so next time you leave a comment on WordPress… 🙂 … Hope that explains what I meant in better detail…
Hugs and woofs aplenty to you and Ruby Tuesday…. xPenx
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Thanks Pen I just got round to testing it, and you’re right’ now how did that happen? I suppose I’ll have to try and work out how to sort it.
BIG SIGH.
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I wonder if you just from Dashboard, … hover the cursor over your avator, top right hand corner, click on ‘manage my blogs. you get an option to create a new blog?… Mayhap the new one will be ok?… and then after the creation, if you visit and comment . people will click on your new link and voila’ … 🙂 sorted… hugs aplenty to you and Ruby Tuesday… hope the suns shining. xxxPenxxx
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Sorry posted twice. 🙂 Did you know that Sandra Large (Technnagran) had passsed away?
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I deleted the 2nd one…. 🙂 and sorry to say i didn’t know, until you said Arlene, … was a total shock…I left a comment for her family.. hugs my friend. xxxxx
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I’ll try that Pen, thanks, as yet I haven’t had time, a lot of paperwork seems to have appeared and needs attention, one of my pet hates. I have to re-apply for a driving license, and have lost my old one, I had some problems with a Financial Advisor, and have an offer to try and get something done about it, more work. Got painting and gardening looking for attention, so I switched off and decided to bake! I’m the world’s biggest procrastinator 🙂
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Hope you ‘n Ruby Tuesday are experiencing the sunshine, Arlene, and things are sorting out for you… take care and hope to see an update soon. xxx
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