"All The World Is Grey"
All the world is grey
devoid of form and color
passing day by day
one into the other.
Just below the rim
the sadness in me dwells,
time and time again
no one dare I tell.
What reason to be sad?
casual voices query
not all your life is bad
just of it I am wary.
at first sadness came
like ripples to the shore
then swallowed up me whole
until I was no more.
Follow: FB, Instagram, Twitter @WVPoetrygirl
Poetry
This was amazing!!! I can definitely relate to how the speaker is feeling. Especially in the current climate, with the quarantine, staying home and all, all one is left is their own thoughts. The mind runs a million miles a second, anxiously trying to search for a way to alleviate this extreme alien feeling. The first line was perfectly put, “All the world is grey, devoid of form and color, passing day by day, one into another”. Everything feels the same, it’s like time has frozen, and with it, it has frozen the agitation, the frustrating restless emotions that lay within the speaker. It’s like one is in a cycle of torment, going through a series of repetitive feelings and motions of life. And then there is the other part of feeling guilty of feeling this way, because on the outside one, has everything needed to thrive, to survive. They have the blessing of being surrounded with the love of others, sadly that love has not translated inside ones own self, as they are battling their own mountains of pain, insecurities, and trauma. But how can one communicate with someoenelse? will it matter? This poem expresses so many common human emotions and frustrations, it also brings up a lot of questions. I resonated with it, well done!!!
Thank you so much for the great feedback! It was my expression of what depression feels like. Perhaps it’s just me, but I think all people feel this way on some days, but others feel it a lot more. I spose I was saying “I understand” and that depression keeps people from reaching out to talk with others. They feel alone and like they’re being ‘swallowed up’ by darkness/sadness and everything is just grey, no color, no happiness, just going through the motions of life. Thanks again for commenting.