Unhappiness

Unhappiness is contagious, sadly
Wounds tend to expand in its wake
When you're too tired to even be angry
There's only palliative relief when the heart aches

So upset at this point, quite frankly, it's just sad.
The damage is done, there's no point getting mad
The preceding half hour of vitriol only added to the dismay
There's no comfort to be had, this is very far from okay

There's no prospect of breaking down the door
Resign yourself to this rupture, wallow in the sadness
Divided for no reason at all, this is your house
Probably best tonight to sleep on the couch

Relentless, the cloud, trouble seems to follow you
Even when you hold your tongue, others want to argue
This social disease is unfair, to be broaching loneliness
The path forward is unclear, such is the way of unhappiness

Unhappiness, a playlist

A soundtrack for this note (spotify version)

• Glad to be Unhappy by Billie Holiday
• Trouble, Heartaches & Sadness by Ann Peebles
• Melancholy by Milt Jackson
• Unhappy Blues by Mississippi Sheikhs
• Glad to be Unhappy by Nancy Wilson
• Little Unhappy Boy by Nancy Wilson & Cannonball Adderley
• Melancholy by Louis Armstrong
• Glad to be Unhappy by Paul Desmond
• With Sadness by Chet Baker
• Melancholy Mood by Bob Dylan
• Poisonous Afternoon of Unhappiness by Bossa Nova Brazil
• Glad to be Unhappy by Sarah Vaughan
• Trouble, Heartaches & Sadness by Candi Staton
• Glad to be Unhappy by Frank Sinatra
• How Sad by Jazzyfatnastees
• Winter Sadness by Kook & the Gang

File under: life, culture, observation, perception, emotion, poetry, toli

Writing log: November 14, 2022