Oh, Melancholy Poem by Rani Turton

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