II. Melancholic256Please respect copyright.PENANAasyB5Ued62
256Please respect copyright.PENANAlNjC8fywTo
when it came time for sleep256Please respect copyright.PENANAfb4Tz6D2Wm
he had already accepted256Please respect copyright.PENANArhg8es6plR
that it wouldn’t be a sweet dream256Please respect copyright.PENANAloHW71tLbd
for there was never a night256Please respect copyright.PENANAqSAmR7tbjJ
in which he slept sweetly256Please respect copyright.PENANAM9ut3IoEV7
in which his eyes didn’t sting256Please respect copyright.PENANA1M1JWqwlE1
in which his body didn’t throb256Please respect copyright.PENANAMdmLO8nzoY
in which he wasn’t a zombie256Please respect copyright.PENANAEqa9wg1wub
he hates to be awake256Please respect copyright.PENANAX9vtW2l6OP
he wants to be asleep256Please respect copyright.PENANAoIJvrKiMQk
In the heap of a mess256Please respect copyright.PENANAwGdpk7fi9E
the young man rests256Please respect copyright.PENANAyHb5k2KcZ0
his back against the box spring mattress256Please respect copyright.PENANA01chrVS6ca
underneath the dreary light256Please respect copyright.PENANAVGdeRQqnV1
of a circular ceiling orb256Please respect copyright.PENANAph78aqoVDd
intricately measured to be equally hung256Please respect copyright.PENANAknAFeSNAjg
centered between the four walls256Please respect copyright.PENANAWL1MzYfwe4
enclosing around him256Please respect copyright.PENANAlch90SP0Uj
the small, box-like room256Please respect copyright.PENANA4tS948eZKj
a little room crowded with too many things256Please respect copyright.PENANALcixWUSOeG
full of everything256Please respect copyright.PENANADG5JPieINl
littered amongst the carpet256Please respect copyright.PENANAIl33cvT8g7
there is books256Please respect copyright.PENANAFy1B2Ydvq6
there is paintings256Please respect copyright.PENANABL5akBYInL
there is wrappers and trash256Please respect copyright.PENANA5SEdInV5Ra
things are stacked and things are hanging256Please respect copyright.PENANAFz2g6srgRz
they're placed and leaning on edges256Please respect copyright.PENANAtqDgdSp1Pm
things are covered256Please respect copyright.PENANAnCeWBOQAof
and hidden256Please respect copyright.PENANAtrECLx7Ovd
and tottering on ledges256Please respect copyright.PENANAD6PxFsgodc
and eight or nine blankets256Please respect copyright.PENANAP9iyL2GOs7
are piled atop one another256Please respect copyright.PENANAzGygoauKQw
heavy on himself, on his bed256Please respect copyright.PENANArVnAoJOoea
falling onto the floor256Please respect copyright.PENANAAR3lIilB5f
like a nest of distraction and256Please respect copyright.PENANADbQB6iuAbd
bullshit256Please respect copyright.PENANAoroVYg1fYM
and shadows256Please respect copyright.PENANAeA04GOzark
there are things invisible he can’t see256Please respect copyright.PENANATy4SgPV2FU
there is always the fear256Please respect copyright.PENANAqBSc2xEjqF
they hide in the darkness256Please respect copyright.PENANAxyKRf14Sfc
and are hard not to run into256Please respect copyright.PENANA7iZNebJZxC
There is a concentration256Please respect copyright.PENANAwErsmZ7H5Z
to the paranoia256Please respect copyright.PENANAas8jQ2DHmC
and he maneuvers about the stuffed space256Please respect copyright.PENANAe5XeWpVY7c
like he’s looking for that something unseen256Please respect copyright.PENANAAqU6xgNKNK
Don’t let everything fall!256Please respect copyright.PENANAKjAQH3ByCC
like a plea256Please respect copyright.PENANA1Ckxc6mNDG
he is trudging on through256Please respect copyright.PENANAduScVKTwlq
and heaving and slumping256Please respect copyright.PENANAzj6exwFPPz
what used to feel safe256Please respect copyright.PENANAVFHVfd5UHU
like hearth256Please respect copyright.PENANAyYynqSElwp
but now feels engulfed in ice256Please respect copyright.PENANAahCuLGbhMa
Don’t let it all come collapsing down!256Please respect copyright.PENANAeBFpzhIUuS
He won’t be able to do this much longer256Please respect copyright.PENANArr52mTVqQS
to dance around all of the unseeable darkness256Please respect copyright.PENANAOhGhkH914J
that smells artificially sweet256Please respect copyright.PENANAT1U1ZtTZou
and burnt256Please respect copyright.PENANAcENpM46sF7
because of the flickering wicks256Please respect copyright.PENANAeShoVPrmpS
he has three candles lit256Please respect copyright.PENANA2mXeavpcpR
their flame tricking his mind into thinking he’s warm256Please respect copyright.PENANAkiMCKolHV6
for a second256Please respect copyright.PENANAm7vgjkV9iz
like a fire is inside him256Please respect copyright.PENANA49WsnVpkkS
but alas it's cold outside256Please respect copyright.PENANAgyiDrhYLBD
and the storm has raged all through the night256Please respect copyright.PENANADFJ3u7KqJF
The rain falls256Please respect copyright.PENANAH007C2LZG6
against the small window256Please respect copyright.PENANASp4KoMLe61
in redundant tap-tap-taps256Please respect copyright.PENANAEcNF60O0kg
and he attempts to count256Please respect copyright.PENANAbGn4g5YTfD
how many drops fall256Please respect copyright.PENANARI1zQ38hYg
against the pane256Please respect copyright.PENANA0QZpDluBBv
and quickly loses his place256Please respect copyright.PENANAzfwhb394Pn
and while he enjoys hearing cars drive down the wet road256Please respect copyright.PENANApbAkR368Bt
beyond his walls as he writes256Please respect copyright.PENANA2sZd0zQzEY
he wants to sleep256Please respect copyright.PENANAZwlLdvTSfe
He is alone and contemplative256Please respect copyright.PENANAlSIGh73YY6
about how it feels to fall256Please respect copyright.PENANA24K4TaJzBK
into the insecurity and uncomfortability256Please respect copyright.PENANA4EF8dm13fr
of itchy, scarred skin256Please respect copyright.PENANAi3fNQDYBzc
his brain is screaming because his mind is ramming itself256Please respect copyright.PENANAWLPHPfCfS5
against the walls256Please respect copyright.PENANAmxJSWW9Kp6
of the skull256Please respect copyright.PENANAzFqMRDRgSC
He’s hung a sheet on the blinds256Please respect copyright.PENANAnksFapGDay
to block the breath of night256Please respect copyright.PENANAnHedUMMvEP
yet it's still coming in256Please respect copyright.PENANAwheUJbQHVv
like a frosted wind256Please respect copyright.PENANAV8t6M8nv5W
seeping through the glass256Please respect copyright.PENANAU0oHRbgzMx
of his windows256Please respect copyright.PENANA5N6UFs8oWU
and the pores of his walls256Please respect copyright.PENANAahMpUIzitf
breathing over the carpet256Please respect copyright.PENANA9jd2Pwrumy
and icing the scene with ghostly256Please respect copyright.PENANAS8MRZl8TEP
cold256Please respect copyright.PENANAmDTtrECqbr
crushing him while he’s awake256Please respect copyright.PENANA5FWabwFpxl
the air is too cold256Please respect copyright.PENANAXBnmXtvGVC
and its weighing him down256Please respect copyright.PENANArJFW7uZcGK
he cannot make out what is in front of him256Please respect copyright.PENANAmbn3YowjqC
with depression like lightning256Please respect copyright.PENANAsxsW7uTzsK
striking overhead256Please respect copyright.PENANA3KXoYwr0N1
bursting256Please respect copyright.PENANAdu3s08e3VE
and splitting his ears with thunder rumbling256Please respect copyright.PENANAH1mS3lUIYZ
and he chokes on his throat256Please respect copyright.PENANAUJuvwta7uR
he is paralyzed in vulnerability256Please respect copyright.PENANA2YfuobS9UD
his muffled gargles256Please respect copyright.PENANA1eaHFKo0P3
left unheard256Please respect copyright.PENANAXkUNbL9JJM
he can’t move his eyes that are bulging256Please respect copyright.PENANApx12E5toT0
and his color is changing256Please respect copyright.PENANApafX2lafYj
darker and darker256Please respect copyright.PENANADBbgZbVCJU
in horror256Please respect copyright.PENANAR7AkNR0k4F
he forgets how to breathe256Please respect copyright.PENANACZUpKytymc
and his head rushes with blue256Please respect copyright.PENANAobpoWeV6HQ
and then darker256Please respect copyright.PENANAQSzWkEZo9G
for a trapped, dying expression256Please respect copyright.PENANAl58sqfGngs
He is more and more256Please respect copyright.PENANAXBNmyiZN6F
unable256Please respect copyright.PENANA2MS1Cc7WWB
to struggle against256Please respect copyright.PENANAxs3MOMeK8j
the darkness256Please respect copyright.PENANAFxcQKrPpJo
he feels inhuman256Please respect copyright.PENANAY4cWp3qGT9
He thinks of how dreamy it would be256Please respect copyright.PENANAJdsCsy7MMM
to have no shadows256Please respect copyright.PENANAKeBUBm3Lqq
and to encounter a hero inside256Please respect copyright.PENANAEirdDfWKFV
to put an end to all of the darkness256Please respect copyright.PENANA16YHjw37SO
that keeps him useless256Please respect copyright.PENANAi7QrgBPSvn
under the heavy, cold air256Please respect copyright.PENANAJSuQm7z2Yv
but he realizes he has nothing left256Please respect copyright.PENANArrkDftaCmO
and his love is lost on those that he loves256Please respect copyright.PENANAQtG09Cwoqd
for they have not given him their hearts256Please respect copyright.PENANAmn0L4EG9Js
and he breaks his itchy skin256Please respect copyright.PENANAXOl185NFMt
because he’s angry with who he’s been256Please respect copyright.PENANAiVLZvUw251
and they don’t seem to care256Please respect copyright.PENANA2oCfQsnbCy
so he thinks he’s wasted his time256Please respect copyright.PENANAr0LtZMNnO6
and they can go fuck themselves256Please respect copyright.PENANA36OHwWiOvm
because he doesn't want the affection256Please respect copyright.PENANAAwuF9UpcS1
and he doesn’t need the attention256Please respect copyright.PENANAV8aQneoGgu
from someone who doesn’t love him256Please respect copyright.PENANAHVxNgDi5vq
You don’t need them256Please respect copyright.PENANAp73mA3VDD2
You won’t have any of them256Please respect copyright.PENANAdh8JokZsM4
Bring light upon the dark yourself256Please respect copyright.PENANAtTnNdEDYuw
He tells himself256Please respect copyright.PENANAfQaLKEs6Ck
there is a way to become healthy256Please respect copyright.PENANAPzapbO6CBG
to be warm and bright256Please respect copyright.PENANA86LIIX6uuV
but whether due to fate or choice256Please respect copyright.PENANAuW4DH4gHmV
he has been led down a melancholic path256Please respect copyright.PENANAUZuPlkDvm6
and dark thoughts disrupt him
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II. Melancholic
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Melancholic and Other Poems
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Last updated: Jan 8, 2025
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