Status: Unknown

I wonder where you went

Out of my life, into the world

Still tuning that old grand piano

To a perfection I could never hear

Berating those with inferior grammar

And a limited lexicon

Never as clever as you

Is there someone else you entrance

Toss and turn between love and hate

Waiting for your texts at midnight

Words that gave me false hope

Did you have other plans?

And you flash them a shark smile

Like you used to do to me

Pepper words with composers

Key changes, chord progressions

Making them feel like the child

That they no longer are

Do they count each hour as golden

The nights, the car trips

What was it for?

What did you want?

Well, I would have given it all

Even the breath from my body

Do their parents eventually notice

The nerves before each lesson

Sitting on hands to keep still

And afterward the flushed cheeks,

Sparkling eyes, breathless voice

Do you think I was born yesterday

Here's an update for your accounts:

Still waiting for your replacement

But it's impossible.

I never knew what you were

Too young for my mother

And old for my sister

Too cold for my lover

Too warm for my teacher

Thought you'd like to know

Still listen to the Bill Evans cd 

You gave me and cry, feeling sick.

Imagining the melancholy notes

Played by you, given life by you

Transported back two years

And only now I remember

I never did sing you the songs

I wrote for you, did I?

Reviews

[Antonio Valentino]

Whew... this was remarkable. Kind of speechless, real speechless. Might have to just leave it at that. I know, I have wurd with whey don't I :)

Great piece here, thanks for sharing it.
Antonio

[An owl on the moon]

The questions flow in such an honesty... deeply personal in feel and form... You create a rich history of love and loss... of letting go. So moving...