Melancholy

Once, I touched the stems
Of flowers in advance
For the date you said we’d go on.
And...

If music drowned out the pain
Couldn’t you listen to some rain
Why must you listen to the...

Such a crisp and gentle feeling I relish as I kick many copperish leaves. My walks through the partially...

Solace
Slumbering sorrow of sadness
Ghost of past days
Haunt as emptiness lays
...

Tears
Will you shed
a tear, when
melodies
no longer are heard
I shall...

Sometimes I wonder if you don’t see it

Or maybe you don’t want me

Maybe you hate the idea...

a bridge without love
is like a stone
in the middle
of a stream
we crossed...

The allure and splendour
of your blue horizons
beyond sight,
sweet seductress
...

Grandmas kitchen smells like recollections,
Lavender and pastry confections
With notes of...

How was it that I ended up in an empty space to call home?

I realise I am alone in my giving...

When I am all but gone
except for
a few old photographs
in albums
scattered...

A desperate soul walked one dark night,
Struggling with demons deep inside;
Walking a road...

Shall I sing for you a sentimental love song?

This has some emotional turmoil in it, so smiling...

© 2022 Karianne Gabaldon

(Verse 1)

He had a heart made up of fire,
Then I found out...

Autumn spices of
caramel and burned sugar,
mulled wine warms the blood
for the...

In summers past, I died
a child,
and in the slow melt
of autumnal
colors, (all...

All my torments
came to haunt,
its glamour so bright
to be blinding.
These...