The Great Sadness (poem) by Catherine CAT Krause on AuthorsDen

The Great Sadness
by Catherine CAT Krause → (All Poetry by Catherine CAT Krause)
Thursday, January 26, 2023 Rated "PG" by the Author.

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Describes sadness in depth
Standing in the shadow of the great sadness reduced by its immenseness I am frozen by it's frigidity There is no mercy here A darkness so consuming It tries to own me Realizing that the quicksand in which I am stuck can end me, I awaken Unable to move Ability to describe the great sadness does not remove it Nor does it release me from it's power to destroy me Perhaps awareness will aid me in taking the first steps towards freedom. Here in this void I cannot see myself...trust myself Here in this abode I fight back relentlessly because I am a Warrior Queen...my only gift Battling what I cannot see Squelching the screaming of my heart Wears me to the bone. The great sadness is as hard as rock The escape will come only when it does I will be ready...and steadfast Nothing can stop me but me Nothing can hurt me but me Nothing can heal me but me Nothing is just...nothing In this madness... nothing is everything

Reviewed by La Belle Rouge Poetess Of The Heart

Reviewed on March 20, 2023

I've known such sadness. This poem describes it so well. We have felt it yet you and I are still here fighting it. A valuable poem, Catherine.

Reviewed by Diana Legun

Reviewed on January 27, 2023

Wow, this is a maturely-expressed piece of writing. It is also a great expression in word artistry, the word �Squelching� and �screaming�. Wisdom abounds in �The escape will come only when it does� and that is the maturity, �nothing is everything� the wisdom, and those four lines of �Nothing�.. � are the poetry. ~~ djl

Reviewed by Ronald Hull

Reviewed on January 26, 2023

You certainly don't seem to be looking at this from the outside, but living it. One way to get rid of all these bad feelings is to write about them, get them out, set them free where you can start to get better again.

Ron

Reviewed by Elisabeth Barstowe

I feel with you, sending healing vibes towards you. I don�t know what happened, but you describe a crippling sadness so well, I can almost feel and touch it. Well written.