honouring the melancholy
melancholy inhabits
every cell and organelle
beneath this
skin
it
tugs and stretches
breaks and wrinkles
and sags
(honouring the cheerfulness:
with sunshine to botox
and love to lipstick
and laughs to rose
these cheeks
it
will always
have good
company)
*Inspired by writing prompt, Honouring the Melancholy, from Beth Kempton’s Winter Writing Sanctuary, December 2020