Anatomy of Melancholy

Loss caused by powerlessness and helplessness as its heart, Gloom and sorrow and sadness as its despondent spare part; Anger and fear as lifeblood; despair and guilt as its veins; With somber moods, melancholy is a bundle of pains...! I undergo the resonance of my inner unease, My pain pains me; my anger angers me; my joys soon cease; With no physical accident, I undergo trauma, Temples are seen all around me, without the true Brahma...! With lethargic, listless, lacking luster as its liver, No fervor in things around; yet, acts as a lawgiver; Where's my hunger gone? Why very often this sleeplessness? Deep within, like restless seabed currents, whirls hopelessness...! Illusion as the brain and delusions as its large screen, Tensions and turmoil, as though cruel beasts, are always seen; Dejection, depreciation, glumness, and gloominess, Self-condemnation, like tides, fluctuate my fuzziness...! As cine screens alter, feelings go senile hysteric, Pseudo zeal, zest, and enthusiasm soon turn barbaric; Like poles of the north and the south or the head and the tail, Why are feelings of violence and suicide crucial...? Isn't, yet, this anatomy affirmative as well? Doesn't it pulsate me to ponder over my death knell? I grow, as a wounded, aware of all facts and fancies, This is the anatomy that par excels the deep seas...!!! 12 May 2023 Anatomy of Melancholy Poetry Contest Sponsored by: craig cornish