Loneliness and Lonely
written by: Norberto Franco Cisneros
The pianissimo makes the violins softly cry,
the cellos sympathize with the sadness of the theme Barber’s Platoon
the sublime adagio quells the overwhelmed heart
sending vibrations moaning through my body
I’ve messed up through the years
but your body lays warm next to mine
and right now, right here, tonight
my life is filled with doses of pain and joy
Why must it take pain to feel joy?
I for one don’t get it but I suffer the God-sent sting
undertows of life that constantly beseech one
like dry rivers of rocks rolling over you
Melodies come and go; some stay but others ride the tide
and songs that become nostalgia of yesterday
mind felt pictures that come at inopportune moments
laying waste romantic dreamscapes that once were our refuge
The melody will go on and on in my mind as long as there are good songs
that touch the heart and squeeze the pain from our weepy eyes
songs like Laura’s theme from Dr. Zhivago
and the Nocturne by Frederick Chopin in Eb major
Feeling loneliness can be cured by a good cry
feeling alone can be cured listening to a great musical composition
feeling loneliness and feeling alone are not the same
and easily corrected, exception is the crying, it will end when it will end.
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