Everything Sad

or Reflections on the Overthrow of the Lord of the Rings and the Return of the King

[I've been reading Tolkien and Denise Levertov, this is the result. It's a new style, and so it may be clumsy. Writing a bad deep poem is much scarier than writing a bad silly poems--at least it is for me, feedback would be appreciated. More to come in this style.]

Is everything sad going to come untrue?

Samwise Gamgee

No—

what is true

will stay true.

The story will not be rewritten.

Tears will not cover their tracks

pretend like nothing happened.

Sobs will not

be turned to laughs.

Up and down

will not switch.

Pain felt

will not

be undone—

marks left

will remain.

But, if there is

a hope we can dare

it is this—

our tears will make

our laughs deeper

pains suffered will make

smiles honest.

And if any

secret magic

is revealed

it will not be

every sad thing

come untrue,

rather,

sad will come

un-sad.