She asked, What was I sad about? <br />Why am I sad? Let me count the ways <br />There is an undercurrent <br />Of sadness in me <br />It is like a tide that ebbs and flows <br />Most days I am good at hidin' it <br />I've shared some of the sadness with you <br />And it means so much to me <br />That you were there and that you listened <br />I wish I could share it all with you <br />But that is my flaw, perhaps fatal, <br />I do not have the strength to go there <br /> <br />The poet Vita Sackville-West said <br />That some men make good lovers <br />And some men make good husbands <br />To that I would add; <br />And if a man is a good lover, <br />He should never ever get married <br />It is plainly evident <br />That I am not the marryin' kind <br />And that makes me sad <br />I am sad that the love I have known <br />Was fleeting and not lasting <br />I am sad that I told you goodbye <br /> <br />I am sad that my mother <br />Was crazy <br />And that I can't forgive her <br />I am sad about lies that were told <br />And the lives that were troubled <br />By my actions and my inactions <br />I am sad that you have known sadness <br />Sad that I could not save you from that <br />But the sadness absolutely makes <br />Better poetry <br />So that is what I hang my hat on <br />And I hope, that is enough <br /> <br />Copyright 2013 Cowboy Coleridge All rights reserved.<br /><br />MacGregor Tagliaferro<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/is-it-enough-3/
