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Melancholy
Contributed by
aliopterix
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Wednesday, 21st September 2011 @ 10:26:54 AM in AEST
Topic:
EmotionalPoetry
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Melancholy
I sit in the serene surroundings of a quiet quadrangle.
Wrapped in clouds of contemplation I indulge in introspection.
Flanked on both sides, robust oaks witness my reverie.
A Georgian building of exquisite design and appointment stands before me,
Whilst the gentle ripple of a river laps lazily behind me.
A bird almost irreverently flutters by,
The beating of its wings causing a percussive interruption.
This produces a palpable pause in my muddled musings,
But I forgive her for in flight she is beauty and grace personified.
Returning to my thoughts I fall into a deep melancholy.
I contemplate the Temazepam terrors and Diazepam dreams;
The dark times that have currently reigned over me.
Encased in a sphere of depression I try to penetrate the wall.
Sometimes this simple act appears to be a forbidden future,
A nirvana of peace and tranquillity denied by negativity.
Looking at the trees I feel they stand in silent judgement.
Can they sense my anguish, anxiety my pain?
Would that my life was as ordered as theirs and as impenetrable.
Impervious to pain their cycle of life progresses through the decades;
No sadness or doubt in their stoic silence, just constant growth.
Perhaps unwittingly the oak teaches me a wise lesson:
Stand tall and strong, stretch out my roots and grow;
Cast off all self-doubt and self-pity and revel in life itself;
Not dwell on the trappings of materialism or aiming too high;
Just live my life, happy with what I have and not aspire for Utopia.
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Re: Melancholy
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by DarkWolf on
Monday, 26th September 2011 @ 10:31:08 AM AEST
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| i am at a loss of words of how i feel about this write. It is that good that it left a fellow poet wordless. |
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