Sunday, April 4, 2021

Melancholy

 

Melancholy, whisper gently lest the Eagle awakes

Was that the sound of his ‘heart’ about to break?

 

The Eagle sleeps rocked by the sweet hand of Death

Await, was that a tear, was that a gentle breath?

 

Was that a ‘Star’ that sparkled in shiny ‘blue’?

Was that the Sun that turned into ‘grayish hue’?

 

Was that an Angel, an ephemeral earthly guest?

Was that an ‘Eagle’ tired of his ‘burdened nest’?

 

Melancholy, whisper gently lest the Sleeping Eagle flies

Unto the voiceless mountains with troubled eyes

 

Lest ‘Death’ feeds on his anguished 'burning brain'

On a heart tormented with years of ‘unbearable pain’

 

The ‘Heart’ is now still; that once stood to the storm

A mighty Angel was ‘caged in a feeble human form’

 

Peace, peace! Death has won him; yet the celestial ‘light’

Still shines the way to ‘Heaven’ on his ‘last eternal flight’

 

Max O’Reilly

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