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melancholia

May 15, 2023
By Anonymous


walking along the bank of a river, 

admiring the glaze upon the turbulent waters

as the weather becomes crisp and you begin to shiver,

you would give anything from dimes to dollars


the smog covered the beauties of the azure sky

a blanketed tarp colored to be silvery

and you would be able to hear a faint cry

that would only be quivery


the grass would be colorless

to resemble the loss of someone

only intended to bring out the stubbornness

but still to be called your loved one 


they only requested to be pictured

in the milky white waters 

but they were only to be seen in sick birds

and to be forgotten by their daughters


going there for frozen swims 

and to be filled with a sense of anxiety

that you would be paralyzed within your long limbs

because of the effects by society


life can be so unpredictable

a box of chocolates given on the fourteenth

they know it is irresistible 

and only received in short scenes


The author's comments:

This piece describes the tragedies given by society and how people aid them. It gives off a sense of melancholia to those who experience it and they are hidden from what the real world is. 


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