Languor
but not melancholy
as in life, love, relationships
themes of music and poetry

all that is
has no permanency
each is a subject
of ephemerality

it's inescapable
weltschmerz so common
the same words and acts
the monotony--unbroken

not despair, not melancholy-
the undertone and mood of languor:
the fading, the paling, the lustre-lacking
the slipping away, the joy and beauty no more