Melancholy

John E Marks
Feb 24, 2021
Photo by Malcolm Lightbody on Unsplash

Words cannot echo mood.
It’s impossible to convey
the tingling numbnesses
of yesterday, today.

The semi-detached gaze,
a tight closing-in upon oneself
foreshadows pent up tears.

The fear that accompanies
almost everything I do
meanders like an ox-bow lake,
and can take years to settle at a…

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John E Marks

I will try to express myself in some mode of life or art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can