and the sadness creeps in
as sadness does
with foreboding feeling
like distant rumblings of thunder
on the horizon

and the sadness creeps in
surrounding its victim
as sadness does
like silent wolves
round complicit prey

and the sadness creeps in
like an unexpected breeze
warning of change's arrival
as sadness does
with an immediate flush

and the sadness creeps in
like the boldness of flu
swallowing the body in feeling
inescapable, tense and dark
as sadness does