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melody unknown
by Devon E MattysYou are a melody.
You are a song
running through my head
to which I do not know the words.
Some ironic, minor tune,
haunting me with its beauty,
it rolls over and over,
a player piano unable to stop--
over and over
until it's seduced my mind enough
and my memory goes numb.
You've paralyzed me wholly.
What images I've left--what memories--
escape me.
Where were we then?
Were we ever young?
Can you remember me?
Or am I to you just another
small black dot
on a sheet of music? 05/28/2002 Author's Note: this was written about someone who I knew for only a short time and who completely revolutionized my way of thinking and never had the slightest idea
Posted on 05/30/2003
Copyright © 2024 Devon E Mattys
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Maria Massarella on 04/20/09 at 09:50 PM ...and yet even just another small black dot on a sheet of music is a part of the melody...I am familiar with this song...Congratulations on POTD! *m.a |
| Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 04/21/09 at 02:57 PM I would like to hear more about how your thinking was changed by this person. |
| Posted by Sandy M. Humphrey on 04/21/09 at 05:09 PM Those people we meet that awaken in us some chord never struck are indeed amazing, good write. smh |
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