Melancholy Poem by Meng Lim Dr

An autumnal midnight
the chirping of cicadas
moaning of the silent tides
beneath weeping stars-

dirge-like cello strains they drifted
through my half-lit window-sill
sleep deluded me so deeply
my heart could not keep still-

the how and why of life
love with its bittersweet pain
throes of anguish and remorse
how they swept all over me again-

letters I once secretly kept
I dared not for a moment open
my tears I held back in silence
though my heart was sorely broken