Shades of Sadness (with audio)

These shades of sadness won’t last all year 
they’ll shift and change with the atmosphere

Keep moving forward while you feel downcast 
tomorrow may reveal a different forecast

The haze closing in may seem severe 
but history has taught: the sun will reappear

Don’t be shackled by darkness, push past 
grit your teeth and remain steadfast

The shades you see, they will not last 
because nothing is permanent and the world is vast

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Music bed credit to Steven Oxen

Bonus – see below for the inspiration for this poem