Cycles
Apr 4, 2022
By McKayla Bartley, Human and Social Services student
Happiness is the sky, blue as the sea.
The green grass soft enough to fall asleep in, cuddled up like a kitten in the sun.
Happiness is warmth and light and spring and flowers.
Happiness fades with the seasons, though.
Blinding darkness, gray skies.
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Darkness always follows.
depression.
Happiness is cyclical.
Happiness always comes back.
Darkness fades, the sun comes back to visit with a tender smile.
It is only with the darkness
that one can truly appreciate
all the happiness in life.
