Melancholia: Webster’s Dictionary: Suggestive or expressive of sadness or depression of mind or spirit. sang in a melancholy voice. : causing or tending to cause sadness or depression of mind or spirit : dismal. a melancholy thought. : depressed in spirits : dejected, sad This and many more descriptive words have been used to shed light on what to expect when reading my poetry. Always dark and from worlds where the sun shines elsewhere, I have always sought and received comfort in the gloom. Even to this day, I am only truly happy when the skies are black as pitch and the wind howls hard enough to rattle the windows. Welcome to my world…a world that I am all too eager to share with you…