December 13, 2020
Most days I write words meant for me.
I later ask, “Should others see?”
If words I write share how I feel
Can they perhaps help others heal?
I never know if I should share.
Although exposed and feeling bare,
I choose to share the good, the bad,
And even days I’m feeling sad.
Like mushrooms sadness thrives in shade.
I shine the light and pray they fade.
Beware before you read much more,
Today that’s what you have in store.
The melancholy rhyme I wrote
I thought should have a warning note.
I thought that you should be aware
Sometimes it’s sadness that I share.
Perhaps today you can relate
If not, stop here, it’s not too late.
Melancholy Days
Some days the clouds make dark my sky.
I seldom know the reason why.
I pray the darkness won’t last long.
I pray that soon it will be gone.
I pray the sadness in my heart
Will not survive, will soon depart.
Does melancholy have a cure,
Or is it something to endure?
Perhaps it’s life in this cocoon.
Will I emerge? I pray it’s soon.
It’s cold and dark I long for spring.
Perhaps I’ll have a song to sing.
I’ve been so long inside this cave,
Can I hang on, stay strong and brave?
Will I emerge a butterfly,
Extend my wings into the sky?
I have the Lord to get me through.
In Him I trust. His Word is true.
Pain
Your brain does know the difference in physical and mental pain.
Pain is pain.
No Comment I Make Would Be More Enlightening than Immanuel Christians—He Speaks Truth about the sources of melancholia for us all—and there-in also lies the answers.
paula
Thank you Becky.
Thank you for your kind words of encouragement not only for me but also for others who may read these lines.
Blessings, John
Thanks, John, for sharing your heart! We all have those moments we feel the deep distress, sometime for no obvious reason. That is part of human frailty. Frailty is not only physical, but also emotional and sometimes spiritual.
The Lord bless you and encourage you and give you His peace and joy today!
Imanuel
A rainy Sunday like this certainly lends itself to melancholia, John! I like how you wrote a warning poem:)