Nature is trying
Really trying
To give me what I need
As if the whole of Creation knows
I am looking so hard
For something to lift this feeling
Of MelancholyBut this winter
Even nature seems heavyhearted
It mirrors my emotion
My condition
Of Melancholy
It is my current
Unexpected
CompanionThe birds have hidden
Not wanting to see
The agony that this world sees
That this world holds
But once in a while
There is a brief sound
That quietly sings and conveys
Their message to me
Stay with us
Be with us
In these days and nights
Of Melancholy
And then this morning
It snowed
And in the midst
Of these frozen shards
Of delicate
Stunning
Miraculous creation
The message settles in me as
Frozen upon frozen
Piles up upon the earth
Embrace this season
Of Melancholy
I am told
By the Holy Voice
That lives and loves
Over and under
Through and around
In and out
Of me
Learn what it teaches
These moments
Of Melancholy
See what it shows
Ponder in Silence
Feel what you feel
Through the gray
Through the blurts of colors that have lost their vibrancy
In the name
Of Melancholy
Name the sadness
Name the pain
Name the places
Where beauty has been stolen
By the shadows
In the places
Where people hurt
Where the Earth groans
Where sunlight is hidden
Where moon tears fall
Where disbelief is more
Normal than not
Name the anxious feelings
Name the fear
Name the ugliness that barges in
And pushes away the hope and promise
Name the despair
Name the violence
Name the danger that hides and bursts forth into the open as well
Name the grief
Of those who mourn
The people
The trees
The earth
And listen to their wisdom
In the stillness
Of this unexpected season
Of Melancholy
I have to believe that
I know in my soul that
Beauty is still present
Resting, thriving, hoping in this season
Of Melancholy
I have to believe that
I know in my soul that
Beauty will find me
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