Melancholy’s Song

The shadow cast
On that starless skies,
Where murmurs linger,
Subdued goodbyes …
A tune of melancholy’s song,
In thy heart where echoes long …

Oh this melancholy,
My silent guest,
A tear-stained story, unspoken, and so blessed
The weight of contemplation
In shades of gray,
In twilight hours, grips its sway …

A canvas painted with dull hues,
A whirlwind of memories, tattered and bruised …
Through hazy veils of nostalgic dreams,
The world in silent sadness gleams …

A poet’s pen on pages bare,
Twisted verses of a sincere prayer …
Thy melancholy’s tender art,
Nothing but a symphony of hurting heart …

Yet, in the depth of still despair,
Belongs a beauty, rare and fair …
A gentle solace for the mind
In the shadow of the ancient find …

So let the tears of misery flow
Like mists on a window’s glow …
For in melancholy’s gentle grace
There lies a balm for life’s embrace …

Kashmir

21 thoughts on “Melancholy’s Song”

      1. indeed . what could i say? she said read the book , i bought it and it was greek to me. like you trying to decipher my code. no chance. the gist is this we are the same and yet not. dear the it s a hunger that never dies and that is why there is constant danger from the stranger.

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      2. you are so kind, you evoke my youth to my mind. to sail across the water and ask your father , sahib may pay court to her to day? the marigold and the scimitar could not be to far eh?

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