Conventional wisdom says
Ignore your sorrows
be grateful and force joy
This is wrong
Sorrows denied metastasize
becoming despair
or anger
or worse
Bathe in your sorrows
Let them wash over you
They desire only
to be acknowledged
Allow yourself to cry
so that you may move on
without a tether
of your own making
Sorrows memorialize loss
not mar it
Sorrows tell you your present
needs evaluating
Drink deeply of your sorrows
They make you whole
as much as your joys