Sometimes Sadness.....A Reflection on Fall

 

 

Sometimes Sadness.....A Reflection on Fall

 

 

Sometimes sadness hits all of a sudden without warning

and there is nothing to do but to acknowledge the feeling

and shed the tears that need to be shed and not question

but accept that feelings are what they are, cannot be fought,

must be acknowledged, knowing tomorrow is another day.

The leaves are beautiful in autumn, yellows, reds, oranges;

then all eventually turn brown, then fall silently to the ground.

Death is a part of life, sadness is a reality of life, everything cycles;

we must accept the cycles, work within them, acknowledge

whatever is momentarily happy will eventually turn sad.

Life can be, often is, beautiful, and I appreciate that

in fall with so much beauty everywhere in my midst;

but I cannot deny there is also another side for me --
sadness that hits all of a sudden without warning,
knowledge that green turns red, then turns brown.

For my prompt "Sadness" and What's Going On?