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I heard the music playing when i first walked into the crowded room.
Its beauty could not be hidden by the loud murmer of pleasent conversation.
Like a red rose on the aftermath of a battlefield, it shined through.
But the music only sickened me down to the very pit of my stomach.
I followed the sound slowly, weaving through the crowd,
and found myself staring at a man.
Staring at a page.
Staring at a man.
His beauty only mocked me.
For i could not find such joy in such a simple place.
His fingers moving up and down the keys laughed at me.
Ink on a page turned into a beautiful array of sound and meaning.
The piano stared at me.
I took from my pocket an old book of matches.
And lit that god damned thing on fire.
Standing alone on the stage, smiling in the warm glow.

Updated 03-12-2009 at 10:45 PM by kevinthediltz

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  1. Virgil's Avatar
    There are parts of this that hit home and parts that seemed a little awkward. Whenever a poet talks about his soul, one has to be careful. It's too easy to become banal or in common lingo, corny. You might want to change the line or replace soul with something more specific like stomach or throat. But this part:
    I took from my pocket an old book of matches.
    And lit that god damned thing on fire
    is very powerful. The ending seems a little anti climatic, but coming after those two lines almost anything would.