Melancholy
is not the same
as sadness:
it's vague
and less definable -
somewhat
like a lingering
or hangover
a sense
of nameless loss
a stupor
a memory's stopover
of time past
to return never--

melancholy -
the finest material
for the poet
any writer
the artist
the composer-
the creator
of life's bittersweet
and timeless phenomena.