Sadness Fills The Room Poem by maria goodison

Sadness Fills The Room

Rating: 5.0


She sits as the sadness fill the room,
unable to stop the tears that haunt her so.
She stays still and hopes
that no one will come ask her how she feels.
The kids that congregate as they do
trying to find something new to do
as they do not understand yet what has happened.

She smiles at them and prays
they will never know the loss of someone.
She sits and holds a child's jumper without thinking
cuddles it in to herself
as if this small morsel will keep her safe.

She does not recognize the people around her
but keeps nodding to them like a puppet.
How could they know how she feels
or the horrors that come to her
as she shuts her eyes
and sees her daughters life fade.

Drained like a puddle,
she sits there
trying to keep the pain locked inside,
sad and cold she hates the world
for being so unkind.

Saturday, March 15, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: loss
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
sometime it is just like this
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Colleen Courtney 15 March 2014

Sad and heartbreaking yet written so beautifully. Having a daughter myself it brings a tear to my eye. Such a wonderful job on this. Thanks for sharing!

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Adheez Van Der Beanthz 24 March 2014

agreed with Coleen, although sad but it written beautifully the emotions so alive and yes, this is an outstanding one

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Dr Antony Theodore 19 October 2018

Drained like a puddle, she sits there trying to keep the pain locked inside, sad and cold she hates the world for being so unkind. the sense of loss expressed so vividly and creatively. sadness, suffering, internal pain... love this.. tony

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Chinedu Dike 19 February 2018

Sad tale of irreplaceable loss told in eloquent finesse. A work of an intricate mind. Thanks for sharing Maria.

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Dr Antony Theodore 07 February 2018

Drained like a puddle, she sits there trying to keep the pain locked inside, ....seeing the life of the daughter fade...... grief expressed so well in lively verses....... i really felt with u as i was reading......... thank you very much poetess. tony

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Edward Kofi Louis 26 July 2015

Unable to stop the tears! With the muse of love and pain. Nice work.

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Unwritten Soul 26 March 2014

Open the window, so the sadness will find way out and fresh emotion need to come in, if you let it be_Soul

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