"Sadness and Loneliness"

 

Sadness is the ghost
that haunts my soul
And Loneliness
is his friend
They've lived there for so long
that we are one
They are me-
and I am them
My mind-
is their playground
My tears-
are their smiles
My cries-
their laughter
And all my pain-
is their happiness
I can only be happy
when they're asleep
And my heart
has escaped their grasp
But they never sleep
for long