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
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