Oh, Melancholy

You almost tempted me

On wet city streets, in grey city nights

To trust uncaring strangers

Yes, those city knights.



Oh, Melancholy, you are my love

I have walked, talked and sung to you;

Years and years have gone by.

Melancholy: I was savage and shy.



One day I waited near the river

I saw you pass by on the bridge.

You were all I had ever dreamed of

Me, walking on the river's edge.



I almost lost, ever in love, but

Never, never really wise;

Lost in romantic dreams,

I wished to believe in your passionate lies.



When I saw you walking by

On the bridge, your face in shadow

I knew then, you would always

Follow me, go where I go.



Touch me with soft, gentle hands

And often take my pain

Letting me believe that

You could dissolve it in the city rain.



That you would speak to me

And I would for once understand:

My emotions would surge

As we walked on hand in hand.



Years later now, I still have you

In every shadow, mirror, poetic line

Oh, Melancholy, you know

You will always be mine, only mine.



Copyright: Rani Turton

Rani Turton

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