Anatomy of Melancholy

Loneliness, like a sickle that rips the soul to the bone One that makes you feel you are alone A feeling of utter desolation One that kills the hope in your emotion Desperation, like a rope that strangles your will to exist In tearing sadness, it's hard to resist Like a drowse of enchanted magic potion That fashions a mortal illusion Desolation, a state of intense hopelessness A painful feeling of drastic emptiness Like a creeping soul in the gloom That lost all its chances to bloom Emptiness, a feeling of complete depravity That savagely severs your ties to reality A state of bleak disposition That tears down the heart of your volition May 7, 2023 Anatomy of Melancholy Poetry Contest (10th place) Sponsored by: Craig Cornish