THE VOICE OF GLOOM

I don't want
to be that guy,
who speaks
in black tongue,
lamentations.

I want to be happy,
blissful
full of sunshine
and laughter.

I do not want
everyone to see me
this way,
dark storm clouds
coming up
over the horizon.
I don't want
to be that shadow
that casts darkness
over everyone.

Am I the sound
of doom and gloom?

I don't want
to be that person
who everyone knows
is down.

The crying the weeping,
the woes.

I don't want
to be that guy.