Half Steps

 

Dancing alone, to and fro, between the notes

I find your name spelled out in intervals.

Swaying to the ballad of my bewildered soul,

half steps guide my feet,

lightly tapping the floor;

highs and lows balance consecutive beats,

directing the lyrical drummer of my weary heart.

 

Augmented melody plays a major role,

repeatedly performing through life;

minor notes anticipated.   

Tunes diminish; 

taking a bow in an empty auditorium,  

lonely is my curtain call.

 

Backstage octaves resume,

singing in shadowed spaces;

tugging flat feet toward its seductive melody, 

inverted steps no longer dance on a chromatic scale 

but sharply ascend into wholeness,

where I find you.

 

Author's Note

Prose -- in progress :) This will likely be repeatedly edited. Ideas and opinions welcomed. Thanks.

Reviews

[PENS FOR PEACE /TJ CALI..]

You're poetry is pure music to one's heart!
It is truly beautiful and very brilliant to say the least!
One's sense of your loneiness in this terrific poem is so sad, but through your despair one finds hope in the end that you will find what you are searching for in this life and that you will find true happiness in your lifetime!
A very well thought and brillantly done poem again well written from within your soul!
Bravo! Like always, very well artisticly done and I loved it!
Good things always come to those who patiently wait in life and it will for you my dear!
Keep making this world a more beautiful place with your marvelous poetry!
Keep writing from deep within your soul for the good of all souls!
Always,
TIM

[Blue Sky]

This is beyond one step

'Dancing alone, to and fro, between the notes

I find your name spelled out in intervals.

Swaying to the balled of my bewildered soul,'

...


directing the lyrical drummers of this weary heart


Tunes diminish,

taking a bow in an empty auditorium,

lonely is my curtain call.


Though a tad poignant, still the dance is beauty
that taps on the heart of wow, this is just awesome!
Beautiful work in progress, if it needs to go further...I wouldn't even know which way to direct your, just listen to your heart, exceptional work my friend!!

Keep up the great stuff!!

[Angelic Darkness]

I can feel the melody and beat here in your words.
So delicate on soft ballet shoes. There is something sensual
flowing here too. Great write D:)

[Anima Inspired]

This was melodic, melancholy, brooding and beautiful all at the same time. Great writing...

[Wondering Mind]

The writing as it is and in the way it is presented; font color and motionless formatting sends out the message loud and clear; a gloomy loneliness expressed in musical prose. I find it wonderful as it is.