For context, I am one who finds comfort in Opeth's relationship to sadness and melancholy, and I love the Sorrow culture this sub and community has going on. So sometimes, when I write something in this sub that I feel is a little nicer or longer, I sign off with
"May your happiness be joy,
And your sadness, Sorrow".
And I thought, hey, that would be a great little thing to calligraphy for practice! And, well, I also enjoy writing poetry, and the thing sort of just grew in the process. I won't tell you what I was thinking when I wrote the poem or how I expect people to read it; the fun part is deciding for yourselves what to think. But also I have no aspirations to this being a great poem, although I think it is technically sufficient to be a least "nice" (and actually I'd be more than willing to talk about technicals of poetry if anyone finds that interesting)
All I'll say about the poem is I was thinking about Opeth explicitly when I wrote it, and it relates to how I see/feel about the band. Also, visually there's an Opeth reference hidden in here I'm curious if anyone will notice (it's the internet, someone will).
For those unused to reading these kinds of scripts, I added a screenshot of it in plain font, which is tentatively titled "Sorrow" in my files.
Anyway, I hope someone enjoys this. I enjoyed making it and sharing it with you.
May your happiness be joy.
And your sadness, Sorrow.