People only care when your sadness is bite size, easy to swallow.
The sadness that's one size fits all ; the sadness they read about in that best selling novel that one time : the one that ''really opened their eyes'' , and made them feel like they can ''help anyone now'' .
They only want to hear about the pretty sadness.
Not the type where you contemplate jumping in front of every on comning train you see ; or the one where you carve your suicide note
into your arm while everyone sleeps. Not even the sadness that doesn't really look like sadness, because that ''doesn't count'' , and
''isn't that serious''.
No , they only care about the block busters sadness ; the prominent collar bones, smoking marble lights , and quoting Charles fvcking Bukowski while you take shots of vodka at some party on Wednesday night.
They want the sadness that's easy on the eyes.
The sadness that they can walk away from.
The type where they get to make their inspirational speech, and get to walk away feeling like they've done something good, because
they ''cured'' you.
They want ''feel good stories'' , ones where they get to be a hero.
Because this isn't about you and your sadness, it's actually about them, and how they saved you from yourself.