Beethoven's Lament

I thought to write you a song
confessing my desires,
unwrapping my corpse to reveal what lay beneath,
what hallows and corners could hide.

But when I thought to write these lyrics
I thought to make you smile,
I thought to light your eyes with pride
and ten fold my feelings,
but I am not so gifted.

I took a ball of molding clay
I shaped and punctured,
searching for a soft sounding word,
a simple tickle of tongue,
that music you search for,
bound to.

But all I could sculpt was the same
dead face of a shadow,
the shadow of my talents
now lost to a need I can't fulfill,
a statuette of remorse that should have been a kiss.

A kiss I stole,
and locked away from you,
from who it should belong to.
How deceptive music truly is,
masking the words with beating cocaine,
vibrated messages to decorate a thought.

So I give you what I can.
Not a beautiful sculpture of the Moonlight Sonata,
but a dead leaf of green,
with a small confession scribbled between its veins.

"I'm falling in love with you."

• On Friday, June 22, 2007, Bella Butchery (947) wrote:
  
  magnanimous and pongent. well fealt
  
  
• On Friday, June 22, 2007, Bakkhus Unbound (1056) wrote:
  
  "a statuette of remorse that should have been a kiss" A slight remix, but as beautiful as Beethoven sculptured, composed. This one is epic.
  
  
• On Thursday, June 21, 2007, carlosjackal (1804) wrote:
  
  Ooh! I remember this one..Have you modified it slightly? Anyway, I still adore this piece, definitely one of your best. Rock on, Zombie Queen! -Carl
  
  
• On Thursday, June 21, 2007, Lolita (190) wrote:
  
  Yeah, but I took it down 'cause it was a wee bit personal and stuff. ^_^
  
  
• On Wednesday, June 20, 2007, Army Barbie (397) wrote:
  
  Oh wow Cory. This was...fucking fantastical. So why don't I know about this love you're talking about...or wait. Dooo I?
  
  
• On Wednesday, June 20, 2007, Lolita (190) wrote:
  
  Mebbeh.
  
  
• On Wednesday, June 20, 2007, Err0r (452) wrote:
  
  AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW. Lucky person.