What will purge this melancholy

What Will Purge This Melancholy

What will purge this melancholy
what will draw this poison
what will banish this darkness
what will mend this broken heart

I look to the future
but see only the terrible present
I look to the past
but like love betrayed it has turned rotten
I look to my father
but he is dead
I look to my mother
but she is old and frail
I look to my brothers
but they tell me of the hardness of their lives
I look to my wife
but feel guilt
I look to my son
but see he suffers the pangs of youth
I look to my friends
but they also tell me of the difficulty of life
I look to the doctor
but medicine does not work
I look to the psychologist
but talk is vain
I look to books
but their stories are not mine
I look to faith
but I have no faith

What will purge this melancholy
what will draw this poison
what will banish this darkness
what will mend this broken heart

January 2015