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May 2009

May 27, 2009 10:57

You, dear Beethoven

are a cruel tease.

Your music seduces and entices me

I can’t resist it.

I lift my bow

with pure anticipation

to taste -

the simple pleasures you offer

Yet you,

Are not so easily captured.

With impish delight

You soar just out of my reach

You will not be appeased

by technical prowess,

or the lofty

promotion of Self

You strip away my confidence.

By design, you shatter

all musical ideals

I know to be right

And so I learn

To humble my pride.

To reach,

for the impossible

to finally comprehend

that your music was never intended

for the destination

but for the journey