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)
All Yours ( February 14) Poetry Contest
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Franz Liszt
Was understandably piszt
When the dog chewed
His étude
It's all about a girl who wished the sea
and pinned her heart to the moon
induced by the opening lyrics
of classical music without any words
While the river runs straight to the blood stream
and emotion elaborates ear drums
in depths of believable currents
with closed eyes and obvious head nods-
she waits.
Honeysuckle sweet and three shakes to the sun
for passion and yearning has only begun
to pin to the moon in music when young
we weep and we weep and we weep.
It's all about this girl who wished the muse
and had much to say and never refused
her silence.
She listened with ears of an eighty year old
and a heart of an ancient enigma.
In music she spoke without all the right notes
and she triumphed in welling refrain.
This girl is my heart to be pinned to the moon
without music, to barely contain.