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The Last Duet

Foreword: This poem is inspired by F. Chopin's Ballade in G Minor op. 23 and the anime "Your Lie in April". The number are timestamps from a video of that performance so that you can imagine and feel the lines more. Try listening to it while reading this poem.

Note (for a contest): Aside from what's stated in the foreword, this poem is trophy-worthy because of its form & delivery. :) 

[0:10-2:50]
The first note resounds in the room
Slowly pronouncing its every chord;
Cautiously, but gently it's played,
Its sound deep but sincere

The melody gradually grows
Louder but gracefully flows
Careful to keep in tune
In rhythm like a metronome

They say you've no heart
A mechanical robot that's programmed
But witness thy playing
Pouring out its emotions and feelings

The piano's speaking
It tells a tale of beginning
How it felt so monotonous
Gray and hopeless

[2:51-5:20]
It tells a tale of renewal
Everything filled with color
As chords turn to melodies
Intricate and delicate

[5:21-5:51]
Then it changes course
As the sounds tend to skip
A happy tune is being played
A perfect harmony

[5:52-6:58]
But all good things must come to an end
The music shifts into dissonance
The dynamics got intense
What was once piano became forte

[6:59-7:32]
Thy piano called out to you
And you looked back
You smiled one last time
And looked on ahead

[7:33-8:35]
The music went on
You started to fade away
As the notes came rushing in
Like angry waves of a storm

The notes kept ringing
And lights shot everywhere
As the melody reached its crest
You were gone like a mirage

Devastated and low
I tried to play once more
Hoping for you to come back
And try to tease me more

One more time, please
That's all I ask of you
The melody reached its end
But all I think of is you

[8:36-8:51]
The music seemed to stop
For there was no more of you
But I begged for a few more notes
An encore for you

[8:52-9:09]
Though with all my might
As I play those final notes
You never did come back
And there I played my last note.

Good-bye.

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