"jazzy"

i've been writing on and off this past week. i busted out with a bunch of half poems and the likes but never really finished any. this is one i worked out tonight. still tweaking though. it's not quite there yet. i try to get at least two or three creative endeavors accomplished every day in hopes of making this spring break an eventful one.

"i'll play with my parched heart"

stop

please
allow me to play
the piano
one last time
for you

there is
no sound
no song
no music
in this world
like the gentle whisper
of your withdrawing hand

so
i'll play
i'll play with my parched heart
a prayer
a passion
a peace
a plunge through the strict lines
of a song
as i let slip my fingers
into the subtle swivel
of a seranade

i'll pray with my fingers
to compose a constellation
of flowing swooshing hues
a brightness
out of the blackness and whiteness
of the piano's spine

my hands are starved
to blow out of my wrists
and dance along the tiled floor
my hands will jazz dancel swing dancel break dance
in a furious haze to become like
the shine radiating
from the circular songs
of your eyes

and my wrists
will find peace
as my hands and fingers
do all the
singing

maybe
there is
no sound
as heavy
as this silence

maybe
there is
no music
as complete
as our moment

maybe
there is
no song
as bright
as yours

music comes and goes
blessing us enough
with such partial presence
i'll play
and play
until my soul
sings

stop

dope song of the day: mc solaar's caroline. it's a beautiful jazzy hip hop love song. it's also in french. songs like this make me want to wander so desperately through the stretching streets, in search of either a casino to gamble all my cards away or an empty playground to simply sit and gently sway, along the cool night breeze until the spark of day.