I actually think sadness and darkness can be very beautiful and healing.
I wouldn't say that I've had a tough life by any stretch of the imagination.
So I started chanting when I was nineteen which was about twelve years ago...
Gradually I became aware of details: a company of French soldiers was marching through the streets of the town. They broke formation and went in single file along the communication trench leading to the front line. Another group followed them.