Lit and Poetry LONG LIVE EDGAR ALLAN POE
Trickle down my spine
Show me who you are
Walk through the path and
Light up my world tonight
Arpeggios percolate through the air
shimmering, twinkling, and larking
a simple melody beckons and
casts back my soul
My face glimmers
snow cascades
turn back
and smile away…
Leaves may fall
Winds may change
luster fades
but one thing is certain
one thing is true
three words are constant…
they will never change
And so it continues
one day after another
one foot after the other
grays softly get technicolor
but they won’t sparkle again
not like your smile
not as the sun that opens in your eyes
So what becomes of me?
just be at a standstill
waiting for that day
the day you return
I will wait for you, child
I will wait for the day our world becomes one
I will linger
Lead me where the skies, soul & body meet
Where pastures grazed with dew caress my feet
the vicinity where doubts, anxiety & plights are reaped
Show me the locale where honeysuckles bloom,
where Valhalla provides wine, food, and bounty a plenty
where peace dwells, and love glistens
Reveal to me the path of least resistance,
where I can flourish and become your hero
-who saves you from Hades, and the fires of Medhir-
where I can feel at home and rest once more…
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In the cruel missing where laughter and tears meet,
s
ing a song of despair
sing a song of agony
sing the aria of longing…
As the chords traveling to their neighboring keys, lost in the musical sea,
let the strings be your compass, and
guide you through the fog
Let the seasons change
the dust float in the wind
orange drizzling unto the coffee stained earth
grazing emerald fields
Regarding pink transparent clouds
I ponder your absence,
our plights,
the never ending colloquies,
and embraces astray by distance…
In the soul’s longing to be accord,
surround oneself in memories,
grasp the unwritten future
for it shall come anew
Under the transparent clouds
Above the mahogany earth, I shall be
in the drizzling withering orange florets
singing an aria for you.
You are neutral. a hipster of sorts,
you don’t want to be a show off nor invisible
the middle child of color,
gray
Assertive, yet soft
you’re a color without color
a soul without function
grey
Some say you are noble, regal, and firm like stone
others see you as dull, worthless, foggy in the snow.
I ask, my fair color
do you want to blend in?
do you want to stand out?
do you want to fight or
are you thoughtful?
Whether you are friend or foe,
keep being grey
for without you
many are not them
for without you
the world is not the same…
Minutes, hours and days pass
ticking away slowly
patience you must have
for nothing comes easy
Get nervous,
(after all you’re human)
Make mistakes, but know this
you can’t run away from destiny
Dance in the rain
Frolic in the chaos
(and remember)
Ticking goes the clock
time may pass, but
you’re my destiny
Walk through endless halls of history
Pick a story of your choosing
Sit on a cloud
Silence.
Oh hush, my darling
Oh hush, my love
I’ll find you in the morning
on the November sky
We’ll sing songs of our family
We’ll drink muddled wine (but hush)
(my darling) night is coming fast
After the dust and rain settles
We’ll find ourselves in a new light
We’ll find ourselves, we’ll do this right
Now, sleep my love
Rest, my child
for I will be here
guarding you in the dark
Hush, my darling
Don’t fret, my love
We’ll be together
We’ll be all right
under the November sky
Hush…
Oh, hush, my love
We’ll sleep it off
in November’s dark
I’ll sing for you
you’ll read to me,
but for now… I hope to be
the one who sets you free
In creating, there is life. Currently I’m creating musical poetry. In a previous post I explained how I create musical poetry. However, this new piece is titled “November”. I will explain more about this piece when it’s finished, but for now here’s a teaser!
Instrumentation: SSAATTBB (for now)
Key: E b Major
I dreamt of us smiling without stopping
smiling with no problems
Alone. In peace
I dreamt of us. We were happy.
Away frm here, finally in our home.
I dreamt of you
of you and I
I dreamt and dreamt and I will dream without stopping
for this dream will become reality
I won’t stop until I can achieve it
because together we’ll beat the odds
and together we shall triumph
I dreamt of the nights
the nights I cried for you
because you weren’t here
because you weren’t there
because distance is a bitch,
a bastard who robs us of our sleep
our peace
our calm
and with only a kiss…
a kiss, is all I need
I dreamt of you
alone, in the darkness
with the past, trying to escape
screaming,
crying
calling out for me…
and here I was
asking, begging
willing to sell my soul to the highest bidder
just so that I could be there & comfort you
so that I could be there & cover you
heal what ails you or
transfer it all to me
so that you can finally heal
And so, I dreamt
of your caress
I dreamt of how perfect you are
even though you say the opposite
I dreamt of you
I dreamt of me
of how perfect we are for each other
even though we fight
even though we know we’re not perfect
but in that imperfect-cy we are one
for I looked for you, and you to me
and finally,
we are together
I dreamt of us
of our future
even though it’s far away, time goes quickly luv
and we’ll finally have what we want:
A house.
Our company.
Our love.
I dreamt of us
of us, smiling without stopping
with problems, but fighting together
in peace
I dreamt of you, and we were happy
away from here
finally, in our home…
Traduction from “Soñé”
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