Melodies harbored
Are shared among verse
The buried chorus
That larks from within

Resurrected harmonies
Spent long ago
Are woven in secret
And propelled through my nerves

I must hold
I must retain them
These melodic ghouls
I savor in heartache

I am overrun
By the pitiless day
The juvenile twirl
Of forgotten anthems

A cherished tune
Subsides beneath
The uncaring frenzy
Of mindless refrains

Gone away
Her shimmering notes
To the depths of my being
Wrecked by despair