melancholy malady

 
the melody plays quietly within my heart
the malady love
pure and deep
 
dark to the touch
with heady inflections
delicate but powerful
a romance, to make time stand stil
 
quietly taking a gasp and exhaling sorrow
it seems too much
the passion overwhelming  
 
if it were to fall apart, I would with it
so much a part of who I am is interlaced with your soul
intricately fated to be one
 
my life balancing precariously on the precpice
if we are to fall, we fall together
into the abyss where all lovers go
 
when desire turns to ashes
blown away, when embers turn cold
falling down into despair
 
with a last look at you
my soul breathes deeply and lets go