midnight melancholia ------inspired by Van Goh's 'Starry Night'

under the same stars
under the same ground
in a town like this
that waves light whispers
in the night

 

with a little bright church
That tolls each sun’s descent

 

reminding me

of her descent
on that soft yellow dawn
life’s breath mists warm against the cold
proving
our carmine heart’s strong beat

 

 

until your petal palms paled  

from the cold blanching your breath

and fostering a dark chasm
catalyzing loss

 

under the same stars
under the same ground
in a town like this
that waves light whispers
in the night


I am lost Mary
lost under the same stars above
and the same ground below

carried by currents uncurrent

of melancholia.