A Mournful Melody

A Mournful Melody

A mournful melody

Somber in the night

A sleepless lullaby

Soft till sunlight

 

Bathes a limp frame

A hollow gaze

Overcast and sullen

In an ashen haze

 

Haunting is the way

Of the tenebrous

And sallow is the face

Presumed lifeless