The Web page of Joe

This is a collection of Joe P Gimenez writings

Some background

Joe Gimenez as he is known and Pat as he is known to others.

Is a true Islander from the island of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

These writings will show you his true to life side .


J.P.G. Poems

Sadness ©

By Joseph P. Gimenez

 2010 for the Red Hook Series

Sadness is a word that strikes us deep within the soul.

No one knows from whence it comes and it only makes us cold.

People with Sadness need to know we care

Only with our help will they lose their despair.

 

Sadness for all its troubles causes us some good

For it makes people want to help us anyway they could.

We seek to find happiness although sadness gets in the way

We try to go around it but its there like night and day.

 

So when you meet someone that Sadness has began to own

Remind them there are people like them and they are not alone

Tell them that the future is bright if only they will try

Or sadness will be their accomplice until the day they die.

 

Getting rid of Sadness oh what a relief indeed.

It’s like planting a tree with only a mustard seed

The little nudge you give them will pay off in the end

And you will be better for it I promise you my friend.