My Dear Melancholy, a micro-short that explores a personified version of melancholy and his dilemma of holding on or letting go
Social & External
The people behind it
Dante Martinez
Narrator
Jeeya Balwani
Melancholy
Once a dream wove a shade, and pitying I dropped a tear. But I saw lights near, that light the ground while the soul wanders.
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