Triumph Over Sadness

Sadness is masochism

Sadness is sadism

Sadness itself

Isn’t inspiration

Triumphing over sadness

Isn’t manic or madness

The last bastion of empathic compassion

Is that which triumphs over sadness

Haven’t you felt the ship smash, the waves clash, crash, alas

You haven’t lived until you’ve fallen ass backwards off the mast

You haven’t lived until every moment’s lived like it’s the last

And then sadness is momentum to tackle the next gasp

Life is masochism

Life is sadism

Can’t exist without hurt and hurting

Ride the sadist waves with style

Add a laugh to your cry, add a tear to your smile

It’s all just a game you forgot you were playing

Life itself

Is inspiration

Don’t let the sadness pull you under too deep

The current has a way of playing for keeps

As long as there’s waves they’re reminding you to

Keep riding them

So they’re not riding you