Oh, Melancholy <br /> <br />You almost tempted me <br /> <br />On wet city streets, in grey city nights <br /> <br />To trust uncaring strangers <br /> <br />Yes, those city knights. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Oh, Melancholy, you are my love <br /> <br />I have walked, talked and sung to you; <br /> <br />Years and years have gone by. <br /> <br />Melancholy: I was savage and shy. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />One day I waited near the river <br /> <br />I saw you pass by on the bridge. <br /> <br />You were all I had ever dreamed of <br /> <br />Me, walking on the river's edge. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />I almost lost, ever in love, but <br /> <br />Never, never really wise; <br /> <br />Lost in romantic dreams, <br /> <br />I wished to believe in your passionate lies. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />When I saw you walking by <br /> <br />On the bridge, your face in shadow <br /> <br />I knew then, you would always <br /> <br />Follow me, go where I go. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Touch me with soft, gentle hands <br /> <br />And often take my pain <br /> <br />Letting me believe that <br /> <br />You could dissolve it in the city rain. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />That you would speak to me <br /> <br />And I would for once understand: <br /> <br />My emotions would surge <br /> <br />As we walked on hand in hand. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Years later now, I still have you <br /> <br />In every shadow, mirror, poetic line <br /> <br />Oh, Melancholy, you know <br /> <br />You will always be mine, only mine. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Copyright: Rani Turton<br /><br />Rani Turton<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/oh-melancholy/
