violin

 
playing my violin churning out the feelings that keep surfacing
dark melodic tones
reverberating through my soul

playing notes heavy with breath
heady emotions I couldn't release any other way
the loneliness of being is expressed in haunted chords

the strings plucked are my heartstrings
desiring the right inflections
extending my emptiness to the lonesome night

keeping tempo with some phantom
a gentleman of heart who hears my sorrow
singing sweetly the tears come
quietly and angrily

my pride wouldn't tell you
you shattered my reality
only my instrument understands me

at the perfect pitch, it keeps time with my rhythm
the sweet melody of melancholy
a deep seeded song of need
that no human can relieve