I take a glance
past major chords, their happiness a malicious swarm,
and I see you.
I am awash in a heavenly trance
for I have witnessed Für Elise in human form.

Imagining through the darkness
the sharpness to your jaw.
It cuts through the flatness
of my dawn.

When I gaze into your eyes
time goes on ritardando.
Calls to atone for my lies
are placed in decrescendo.

I know when you ignore me
you are just giving us a quarter rest
so that when you return with your melody
it weighs more, it lifts my chest.

I revive
when I see you smile.
for the first time, I am dotted, I am alive
like a staccato, so sweet and hostile.

I want to hold you for just a little too long,
marking the moment with a fermata.
I don’t care if I have done the world wrong…
There is no guilt, no pain if I am lost in awe.

My heart pounds with your lyric,
felt in the core of my depth.
For you are the music
on my breath.