How can you be happy,
To say that nothing is wrong
In your world,
And not show it?
How can the darkness
Imitate the light?
Of course even in darkness
There is light from the stars.
But people have to look
Above to find it.
Suggest it was a cloudy night.
Would the stars be visible?
What else, if the stars
Fell out of the sky
And the moon forbid
To show its face?
It is very difficult
To find darkness
During the day.
And yet people continue
To sit in the shade.
Perhaps they are in fear
That the sun will shed light
On their own darkness
And that the sun has become
Their enemy?
If you say you are happy,
Do not speak it
Into a milk bottle
Where no one can hear.
Instead shout it from rooftops.
Slam doors, make any
Certain noise that convinces
Yourself along with others
Who do not believe you.
Many will associate
Louder noises with anger,
But many do not realize
That sadness is a silent enemy.
Mar 10, 2025
Mar 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM UTC
How can you be happy,
To say that nothing is wrong
In your world,
And not show it?
How can the darkness
Imitate the light?
Of course even in darkness
There is light from the stars.
But people have to look
Above to find it.
Suggest it was a cloudy night.
Would the stars be visible?
What else, if the stars
Fell out of the sky
And the moon forbid
To show its face?
It is very difficult
To find darkness
During the day.
And yet people continue
To sit in the shade.
Perhaps they are in fear
That the sun will shed light
On their own darkness
And that the sun has become
Their enemy?
If you say you are happy,
Do not speak it
Into a milk bottle
Where no one can hear.
Instead shout it from rooftops.
Slam doors, make any
Certain noise that convinces
Yourself along with others
Who do not believe you.
Many will associate
Louder noises with anger,
But many do not realize
That sadness is a silent enemy.
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