My Melancholy

I’m aware you can hear my rants.

I won’t deny you can in some way relate.

And if I write down my feelings,

I’m sure you’ll be able to read them.

But fully understand what I’m feeling,

I don’t feel as though you can.

For what upsets me is not this or that.

Not a scraped knee or a broken promise.

But, rather, a lifetime of letdowns.

It’s not a broken heart.