Melancholy
"Sometimes words overwhelm me, and my fears get the better of me. I feel so blue, I feel so melancholy, when they twist my words and make me into a monster..."
Jane combed through her daughter's diary. In it she had poured out her heart and soul. Before taking her life on the eighth of October, she'd promised to make a list of all the things that had made her happy.
"1). Unicorns
2). My first kiss
3). A 1st place ribbon..."
Nowhere was her family mentioned. Jane wept alone in that tiny blue room, longing for sunshine and Hope.
- Category: General / Misc
- Tags: hope, melancholy, suicide, sadness, blue, list, diary
5 comments add one below
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Jim M almost 9 years ago
Title says it all, this to me captures the essence of melancholy in a way that very little else does (across all art forms). Really enjoy it. Depressing tho and very sad
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Michael D. Brooks almost 9 years ago
As expected. Another well done drabble.
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Rodindeadpan almost 9 years ago
Why you make us all cry?
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op ruoho almost 9 years ago
Have been feeling somber lately and therefore enjoyed this immensely.
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Samantha Grace Bishop over 8 years ago
Since I deleted my old accounts, my comments disappeared as a consequence. I come back to this piece a few times. And let me reiterate, this is one of my favourite pieces ever, not just drabbles, but written in general.
