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Life's Melancholy

from The Last Poem by Ephemeral Ballads

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A misty winter morning,
snowflakes glisten across the sky,
Embracing where they fall and
crashing right into the ground
A city clad in stone, the walls are
stronger than they seem,
and standing over them,
a house that’s bigger than them all
A wealthy family with three children
soon all grew apart

We grew up in a small house, as
father had to work so long, and as he
dug for coal, one day he could not
believe his luck
He struck a gold vein and he brought
it home to us, from that day further,
we just kept on climbing
Mother had him work to get more
gold so that we could live
in happiness!
What a life that we have been given!
These joyous times are
ours to cherish
and we never want to give it up!
To stay like this forever more
if we can!

Mother worked so hard to pay the
bills, our home and possessions were
taken away
We moved back into our tiny place
that could not house our former egos
We would argue ‘bout some silly
things, and that became a usual
thing to do
Brother Edwin did not say a thing,
for he fell into some strange disease

We fell apart as time went by
I could not see how he fell deeper
into the dark

As life crumbled we grew further from
each other until the walls fell down
This was all just too much for Mother
as her heart began to strain, from the
stress, from the pain, and then she
died with no goodbye, goodbye!

With no food for us to live on,
we would steal anything
that we could find
One day, Edwin started writing notes,
ones that felt deeper than anything
They caught the attention of
strangers and sold for just enough
to pay for food
Over time the hard work paid off,
for the fame, grew and grew, and he
became a renowned poet!

Enveloped in pain,
this heart beats for you,
It’s ripped from my chest
and then poured onto this page
Even now that time has gone by,
how long can a candle light burn?

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from The Last Poem, released October 31, 2015

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