The Medicine for Melancholy

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Open Poetry #1

The Medicine for Melancholy

Balladeer

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since 1999-06-05

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0 posted 1999-06-15 05:05 PM

I'm the medicine for melancholy,
Elixir for a few
Unhappy souls who need a hand
To help to get them through.
A balm of Gilead for the pain
An evil world may brew.
I'm the medicine for melancholy
And I am here for you.

I have the power of turning into
Anything you need
And, though I'm only temporary,
I can stop the bleed-
Ing of a broken heart unmercifully
Torn apart in two.
I'm the medicine for melancholy
And I am here for you.

I'm a flashlight in the dead of night,
An umbrella in the rain;
A warm coat on a winter's day,
An antidote for pain.
Use me, taste me, drink your fill
Till darkness fades from view.
I'm the medicine for melancholy
And I am here for you.

Then, when, one day your strength returns
I'll go back on the shelf
Until the time I'm needed
By another like yourself.
Still, some small while, you'll feel a smile
As thoughts come into view
Of the medicine for melancholy;
How I was there for you.

[This message has been edited by Balladeer (edited 03-19-2000).]

Nan

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since 1999-05-20

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Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

1 posted 1999-06-15 09:02 PM

Good one....

Genea
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since 1999-06-15

Posts 321
USA

2 posted 1999-07-26 12:14 PM

Another of the 'archived'.....appropriate to all, since everyone has a moment [or 2] of melancholy from time to time.

Thanks for the nice read.

Delores Hall
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since 1999-07-16

Posts 342
USA

3 posted 1999-07-26 12:45 PM

Another good one Ballader.Happy writing.

LngJhnAg
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since 1999-07-23

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Boot+Kitty=Poetry in motion

4 posted 1999-07-26 01:57 PM

Great words, oh Balladeer (said wistfully, while thinking about that time when..... oops, sorry - just remembering when I was.... oops, sorry again *g*)

Krystopher Morris
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since 2002-11-11

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Ancient land called Chivalry

5 posted 2003-04-10 03:22 PM

Always awsome!

"Death, so called, is a thing which makes men weep, and yet a third of life is passed in sleep." -Lord Byron

Balladeer

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Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

6 posted 2003-04-10 05:00 PM

Thank you, Krystopher...it was a long trip back to this one!

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