MELANCHOLY WAS IN HER BONES

Melancholy was in her bones,
soaked in by generations of hardship
with not enough to eat
not enough to warmth
not enough to smile
not enough to play
not enough to pray
not enough to hope
and not enough to dream

Copyright Š2016 Ashi Shadow -10/8/16 on Stasia.
Melancholy was in her bones, soaked in by generations of hardship of her ancestors.