Way Ward

This is for You.

It's okay to be sad.

It's okay if you swim in that bottomless ocean of sorrow.

There's no shame in wearing your battle scars like a crown.

They're proof that you have fought with your demons,

And emerged victorious.

But, when you're done being melancholy,

Be glorious.

Roar, and let the world know that you have won your battles.

Be happy; so happy that everyone wants to be like you.

I know why you like being sad,

Often, even I have self imposed sadness upon myself,

Because melancholy is a wonderful inspiration to create something beautiful.

But there's seldom anything that is better than the joy of healing.

It's true that melancholy makes you beautiful.

But joy makes you radiant, luminous and incandescent.