La Campanelle* by Franz Liszt
paganini with many a twist
Fluttering fingertips
on ebony and ivory
gently ascending
like the wings of
a white butterfly~
then gradually descending~
fading like a sleepy sun.
Tender instrumental pauses ~
transposing into heart beats
like the silence between I
and LOVE~ and YOU
when you utter them
in our nocturnal tryst.
Dulcet moonlight melodies ~
in shifting harmonies of arpeggio;
Lingering like the touch of your fingertips
on my cheeks as you kiss me goodnight.
14 February 2021
Notes: Liebesträume (German for Dreams of Love) is a set of three solo piano works (S. 541/R. 211) by Franz Liszt, published in 1850. Originally the three Liebesträume were conceived as lieder after poems by Ludwig Uhland and Ferdinand Freiligrath. (Source: Wikipedia)
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Franz Liszt
Was understandably piszt
When the dog chewed
His étude
Have you heard the cello play?
It's Liebestraum, by Liszt, his way.
While in this tender melody...
it sets me free from time.
Fond memories of childhood past,
may be the ones that may not last.
But memories are precious, still,
the melody plays on...
Of sadness, ore the meaning,
it rings clearer to my mind.
Those waisted days of treasure...
all the gifts this life would measure.
To the music...
as it speaks unto my heart.
And playing every part...
Franz knew it all the while!
Just a picture of them sighing,
for the loved ones that are dying,
and it's Liebestraum
that brings it to my ear...
for me to hear.
From the song, "Liebestraum"
by Franz Liszt
Deep-sea fish you find a picture book.
There you can write your name,
the human relations also describes.
It sinks from a human edge to the deep sea.
While drawing a spiral sink in loop.
So to live for thousands of years,
get the ugly of that has been refined.
So after death quietly, it has melted
music of thinly Franz Liszt in the background.
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