Sorrow Knows No Friends Poem by Qiniso Mogale

Sorrow stands in solitude
Sorrow stands isolated
Sorrow stands rejected
Sorrow stands like a plague avoided
Sorrow stands like leprosy shunned
Sorrow stands like HIV stigmatized
Sorrow knows no friends.

Sorrow stands in desolation
Sorrow stands in humiliation
Sorrow stands alone embarrassed
Sorrow stands alone sad
Sorrow stands alone sorrowful
Sorrow stands alone remorseful
Sorrow has no companions
Sorrow has plenty adversaries
Sorrow knows no friends.

Sorrow was not always known as sorrow
Sorrow was once called happiness
Sorrow was once called joy
Sorrow was not always lonely
Sorrow was once very healthy
Sorrow was once the epitome of beauty
Sorrow was once popular
Sorrow once had money thus had many friends
Now sorrow knows no friends
Yes, now sorrow knows no friends.