they tell me
you shouldn’t write a sad poem
while you’re still drowning in sorrow
that it will be too dark
too inescapable and sink
everyone who hears it
that your words will inundate
those that read it and
take them under with you
that what you need is some
separation and perspective
something to hold you above it
a life preserver
which will keep you afloat
improve the chance of seeing land
and finding the current of a poem
to take you there
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