how to entertain sadness

with the dance of vivid dreams, sensed unseen

with the improvisation of new hopes, lightly held

with the joyful abandon of an audience, expectantly immersed

with the sweet wine of tears, freshly squeezed

with the nourishment of friends, faithfully present

with the recollections of love, echoing still

with patient trust, fully tested

with a prayer of purification, painfully born