Emi

Melancholy Music Box

I cried an ocean and fell in too deep

Eyes wide open; powerless to sleep

Floating listless through barren spray

In a world of color, seeing only grey

 

I painted a sunset and collapsed into night

Wings fallen away; incapable of flight

Trapped in desolation and hopeless defeat

Living with a soul only halfway complete

 

I smiled and my heart grew heavy with grief

I tried to believe but was met with disbelief

Neglect and doubt shadow my every stride

I have nowhere to run and nowhere to hide

 

I screamed and yelled but I heard naught

I tried to think but was devoid of thought

Ceaselessly I sought love’s elusive cure

But a loveless heart is too much to endure

 

Was heard then a quiet poignant tune

Under the light of a bright crescent moon

Slowing with the ticking of love’s clock

Singing like a melancholy music box