Melody of pain

                MELODY OF PAIN
Oh do not let the fingers glide over                               the keyboard tonight
For the music you compose will pierce me
To the depths again
Do not let the lyrics be hummed
In your voice that lures
Me into affliction; I have felt enough pain
And now this- melody of pain.
You invite me to grace this evening and
I can only let out a sigh
When the tunes are set, I hear…….
The jangling of the bells
The scales you adjust; ready to sing
But such a melody- of pain
The symphony composed will soon tantalize
My senses ;to stupor again
Your music fills in my glass-but this music
Is devoid of harmony
Vibes of your solo performance alone
Would break me enough
And now you are here smiling  with your
Grand orchestra too!
On the stage you have set instruments
To oscillate in reminiscence
Your quaver tolls the bells of memory and
Auditorium pulsates like strings
The chords attuned to the notes of nostalgia
As you drift with the tempo
Then let me hear this melody of pain but
Only tonight with the stars
Tapping to your rhythms,dissolving softly
The time in the space.
You will not spare a chance to jab me
With the dagger of lyrics.
Melancholic violins play the tunes of
The intense despondency
This aura of grief will hover around
The audience; we absorb
The wistful notes that bewitch the hearts
And stupefy the souls.
Music bleeds from your veins; your dulcet
Voice enshrines your shrills
Our money’s worth with your bow ,with
Tears tinkling your lashes
And yes-the audience integrates in your
Sublime songs- of my loss!
And with them I too shall nod and clap
Avidly on this melody of pain.

----sana shah