Melancholy was a lover dressed
in red
with a burden of mortality
and mind filled
with dread,
I beg to be released
lest heart be taken
with lust,
be naked as sky
and unwilling to change.
Yet I imagine you dreaming
only of me.
Photo credits: Pinterest
Posted for Quadrille #71 @dVerse Pub
And on Tuesday Platform @ Real Toads
That is really beautiful Sanaa…
Thank you so much, Rob 😀 so good to see you ❤️
You write the most beautiful love poetry, Sanaa. I LOVE this line:
“naked as sky
and unwilling to change.”
Thank you so much, De 😀 so glad you enjoyed it ❤️
(and thank you for the lovely prompt) 🌹
Such a perfect description of melancholy.
Thank you so much, Linda 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
I really like that opening line of melancholy dressed red. Sweet dreams then!
Thank you so much, Grace 😀 so good to see you ❤️
Very nice! An interesting dilemma! The ongoing conflict of losing control and becoming vulnerable!
Great Photo! A Yin and Yang of sorts!!
A Great line… Naked as the sky and dreaming of me!!
Thank you so much, Dwight 😀 so glad you enjoyed it ❤️
…sounds like a “love” better left untouched if I’m reading it correctly.
Definitely 🙂 thanks for stopping by, Margaret ❤️
What a great way to be – naked as sky”. I can get into that.
Thank you so much, Toni 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
Melancholy is a terrible thing, worse at midnight!
Definitely 🙂 thanks for stopping by, Rajani ❤️
I liked that reference to imagining at the end.
Thank you so much, Frank 😀 so good to see you ❤️
Opens with fire and slowly cools into dreaming – a poem with impact Sanaa
Thank you so much, Laura 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
Falling in love with melancholy can drain a heart.
Definitely 🙂 thanks for stopping by, Rommy ❤️
A melancholy lover and a fear of the heart being naked and unwilling to change – love is cruel, Sanaa, but inspires beautiful poetry
Thank you so much, Kim 😀 so glad you enjoyed it ❤️
Melancholy can shred a person apart, and that too before midnight – can be a painful one.
Love the accompanying picture
Thank you so much, Kislaya 😀 so good to see you ❤️
Loved your description of melancholy — there is a certain lilt in your words which I really liked, as they rise and bloom into this solemn image. I understand that kind of imagination and how damaging it can be. Very well penned, Sanaa!
Awwww gosh! ❤️ Thank you so much, Anmol 😀 so glad you liked it! ❤️
Melancholy in a red dress, how cool. I like “naked as sky and unwilling to change” so much.
Thank you so much, Sherry 😀 so glad you enjoyed it ❤️
We all carry that burden of mortality and an unwillingness to change, I think. Evocative words and image!
Thank you so much, Lynn 😀 so good to see you ❤️
Melancholy and enigmatic. An intriguing write.
Thank you so much, Beverly 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
The dream, the want of being our beloved’s only one is such a pull…
Definitely 😀 thanks for stopping by, Magaly ❤️
If only we can… be part of a dream… love your quadrille
Thank you so much, Bjorn 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
Visiting again from Real Toads – your poem is subtle yet bold
The duality expressed in this line is beautiful – ‘Yet I imagine you dreaming only of me’
Things we ‘wish’ and ‘do not wish’ at the same time – human nature!!
Thank you so much, Kislaya 😀 so good to see you ❤️
wistful, and an excellent twist in those closing lines
Thank you so much, Michael 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
It is nice to feel wanted forever within easy distance of a loved one!
Hank
Definitely 🙂 thanks for stopping by, Hank ❤️
There can be comfort in melancholy, but you are right that we have to be careful not to fall into that trap, for Melancholy is not a suitable way of life for those vibrant minds who need to create in color!!! Wonderful!!
Thank you so much, Corey 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
If only we could truly let go. Stunning write, Sanaa! 💙
Thank you so much, Priya 😀 so good to see you ❤️
Love this. We carry them like pieces of a past .. one we can not put together.
Definitely 🙂 thanks for stopping by, Alyssa ❤️