Melancholy

   
the freckled dawn wept    
for Yesterday's child    
left at Tomorrow's door    
   
born of regret    
& named Melancholy    
by the day who claimed her    
   
her soul shadowed by Night    
was conceived in the grey    
wrought in ache    
& delivered into fate's hands    
   
Yesterday watched from afar    
as her little one grew    
from stormy toddler    
to brooding teen    
her gentle hand guiding each step    
   
Tomorrow loved her    
but never fully understood    
the pain Melancholy inherited    
being a child of Yesterday    
   
she grew into an ethereal divinity    
sought by grieving lovers    
her imagination stains their hearts    
the most vivid color of midnight    
   
a work of art    
for those who have loved & lost    
something they can hold on to    
   
Yesterday cried for the piece of her    
she couldn't replace    
Night gifted her a shadowy child    
with a gift to move even the most stoic    
   
poignant memories now brighten    
all of Tomorrow's days    
Yesterday's pain erased    
so she no longer bare the guilt    
   
of Melancholy    
the child the dawn never forgot