the.com/gentle sorrow
the quiet ache that asks for nothing but your stillness, and gets it
japanese wordmono no aware names the wistful sigh of fading things
brain chemistrysad tears carry more stress hormones than reflex tears
music's trickminor keys mimic the falling pitch of human weeping
welsh longinghiraeth: grief for a home that never existed
useful painmild sadness sharpens attention to fine detail