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Nov 2012
I am sad today
Not because anyone died
Not because I received criticism
Not because I broke my television
Nothing like that

I am sad because my alarm did not go off on time
And I am sad that the lady at the bagel store
Did not put enough cream cheese on my bagel
I am sad because I could not find the right words
And because I smeared my pen on the page

It is always the small things
Because they slip between the cracks of the walls
That I had spent so long building
Walls that I built to keep back the things
That make me sad in the first place
So when you asked why I was sad and I refused to tell you why, it was because I was afraid you would think I was weak for letting insignificant things bring me down.
Annie
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