there came a day
late one July
when I decided
I would no longer
drag the sadness
behind me.
I dug a hole
in the yard
6ft long
by 6ft wide
and I rolled it in
slowly..
it took all night
to say good bye
and it will
undoubtedly
take a lifetime
to forget
but I am the wisps now
the fluffs of dandelion
that grow over.
– sheila c.
sheila sea 
Love the imagery of “the corpse” and the 6 x 6 hole and how the character needed that much room for the sadness. Also could see it dragging behind. The metaphor of the sadness being a corpse that was going to be buried, that’s how I interpreted it anyway, really was powerful.
It would be fun to meet sometime. I’m in MO. Not sure where you are.
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Hi Susan! So good to hear from you. I’m actually in Sunny Miami, FL, it would great to meet someday though! I travel quite a bit, I’ll let you know if/when I’m ever in your neck of the woods. And you’re absolutely right about the imagery. The original even had the word corpse in it but I omitted for the greater allusion.
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Such a powerful image. This is typical of your best poetry, teasing the reader to the edge of understanding, but never becoming fully transparent, leaving me on the edge, understanding but still grasping, feeling something powerful and deep, but knowing there’s more behind the words and images that remains hidden for me to discover, or not. (If that made any sense at all.) So impressed.
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Thank you so much, Roger. That’s so kind of you to say. You made perfect sense. I’m always happy to hear your thoughts. (✿◠‿◠)
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Sheila, thanks for stopping by my blog. I have read several of your poems and this one is my favorite so far. I look forward to reading more.
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