Relapsing Remitting Melancholia
I started writing this poem years ago when I was feeling very lost in my life. Besides having MS, I was dealing with a lot of overwhelming challenges. Life happens...and it sometimes it really sucks! But, always remember, "this too shall pass". Therefore, when I pulled this poem out tonight, I decided to re-make it as two parts...kind of like "Act 1 & 2", if you will.
RELAPSING REMITTING MELANCHOLIA
I.
Body numb, mind hopeless
Despair and fear un-relentless
Giving in to exquisite pain, my solitude
Losing my grip, myself with senseless magnitude -
Daily plans feel meaningless
Nightly dreams lack peacefulness
Gasping, grasping tether - latitude - longitude
Needful - yet disbelieving in life's gratitude -
Absent years, lifeless stares
The bottle sedates, sensory impairs
Words and passion unraveled, unglued
Thoughts of love and life never pursued.
II.
Defining drama - realize, accept it fully
Own it, embrace the melancholy
Surrender, release, do silence better
Pray for peaceful breaks in the weather -
Daily plans offer harmony
Nightly dreams encourage epiphany
Desiring, designing new paths from life's longitude
Hopeful - believing life's gratitude.
MPP 2012
posted by Mary Pettigrew | 7:46 PM
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