Lazuline Pearls

an exerpt from From the Midst of the Maelstrom © 2010 David W Moore III

Just when the first note begins, 

the obsidian cowl nods,

and it ends.  

Infinite reflection 

reveals nothing: 

no effervescent brook 

no dialating candescence 

no opus magnum 

just a note 

echoing hauntingly. 

Oh sing a song! 

Sing a song never begun. 

Only the echo remains. 

Lazuline pearls drop 

bounce and return. 

The vacuum resonates 

reverberates 

searching 

longing 

yearning 

instruments at hand, 

trembling slightly. 

Oh sing a song! 

Sing a song never begun. 

Only the echo remains. 

The chromic rale 

and ursula tamed 

waiting 

anticipating 

humming 

thrumming 

the void tugging 

pulling to be filled. 

Oh sing a song! 

Sing a song never begun. 

Only the echo remains. 

Rejoined by the cosmic choir. 

The echo remains 

echo remains 

remains.

Author's Note

For my son Christian. I still hear your song.

Reviews

[alan peter kelly]

evocative of something in and on a grand scale...and yet with such descriptives as nothing echoe longing vaccuum and void to effectively reflect that something haunts as an absentee...i see the pearls fall...hear their thud thud thud thud upon the floor and sense some deep and eternal sadness in the song that never began...it is a song all the same...creating a sad ambience for which...i suppoose...you were aiming...strong piece...i respect and appreciate its existence...

[AbsentElements]

Truly amazing descriptions in this. The ending is clever and seems perfect for the piece. There's a sort of mysterious sadness hanging over it... It's deep. To sum it up... Brilliant.

[df]

a beautiful tribute to the music of your life, i loved the form.

[Nazca]

Full of imagery and wonderfully written. With a hint of sadness but also with fond rememberance.

Your imagery is great, I could see every object you described as I read on. This is written beautifully, and such a perfect way to end it too, to really reinforce the sense of the echo.
I really enjoyed reading this, even though it was sad. A great piece :)

[Darl1ng N1kk1]

Beautiful.

[sarah]

is really good!!!!

[kuru]

"Lazuline pearls drop
bounce and return.
The vacuum resonates
reverberates
searching
longing
yearning
instruments at hand,
trembling slightly".....i can feel the longing...and the image just repeating in my mind

[chillz]

beautifully written even when it came from such pain...

[Maurice]

Poignantly beautiful write.

[Solitaire-P0ette]

Wow, I'm sorry...this write is very sad. Its hard losing someone close...it seems as if their spirit lingers torturing you every day. This painful poem was very beautiful~~~but its coming from the heart.