Dear Melancholy

Dear melancholy you bend near so often,you whisper pure, red dire poetry in my ear. You leave my nights forsaken of sleep and my lips unkissed. You dress yourself elegantly and always in black. Steal the color from my desire for your pretty dark glittered fire. You destroy my muse, transforming my shelter of thought to ashes. My steps I once chose with joy falter from my chosen path. You steal my laughter, seal my lips. You are a battle and some days I let you win. Nice soft darkness holds me too close, as the world becomes a clutter of wild noise. My words stall unpardoned and I become hidden in my silence. So I hide in my silence. Dear Melancholy I won't betray those that say they love me best, they will never guess, You and I are in an never ending war.