sadness-sheild

“I have a sadness-shield. It takes all the sadness away. 
It’s big enough for all of us”

 -- Max, a little lonely boy, 

who pretends to be king in the movie 

"Where the Wild things are"

sometimes it is hard to navigate through days like this, am I supposed to learn something? 

am I supposed to have some kind of insight? 

am I supposed to tap, or affirm, or release?

or is it just ache passing through me, like the darkness outside?

**

Monster to Max:

“you said we were all going to sleep together in a real pile”

“you’re not really a king are you? you’re just regular.”

regular. normal. ordinary.


sad.but nothing is more sad than a sad monster running through the desert afraid that he will be too late to howl good bye to his friend.

Monster: “Hey Max? will you say good things about us when you go home?”
Max: “yea”
Monster: “Thanks”

**

adapted .