17 – Melancholy Musing

Hope is balancing a silk pin
while Faith dances round on top

Vision is blind and searching
and Dreams are at full stop

They used to call on Whimsy
and get her to stir the pot

But she’s bunked down with Sadness
and can’t really help a lot

So they lean into Serenity
and pray with all they’ve got

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Poem ©2024, Jen Payne. Illustration by Elizabeth Chandler. If you like this poem, you can read similar in my books and zines, available from Three Chairs Publishing on my ETSY SHOP. They come autographed, with gratitude and a small gift.