bury the sadness,
darling.

you’ve been carrying it for so long
i know you don’t think you know how
but
there must be a way to set it down.
to set it six feet under,
where it shan’t bother you again.
lay it to rest under a simple tombstone
so you can walk away happy.
i don’t accept that you must carry this shadow forever.

bury the sadness,
darling.

you’ve been fighting for so long that surely
by now you must have won.
i hate how it always leaves you empty;
this burden sucking you dry of anything
but this life devoted to carrying it.

darling,
let me help you kill the sorrow.
it might bleed all over the floor
but we can clean it out, surely.
surely the time can come when this
hollow pain in your eyes finally dies.
i would see the light in your smile again.

but i know it’s not that simple.
know that this battle is daily one
that sometimes the burden is too crushing
all you can do is lie down.

so if you can’t
bury the sadness,
darling,
then let me slip in a little closer
and help you carry it
instead.