Pathetique, Beethoven's Sonata Poem by RIC BASTASA

last night
i watched the little women movie

on that parting scene
when the sonata was played
my tears fell

i tried to figure out what is happening
it's not me, it is not me, i keep repeating it to myself

the voice within says
you have changed, you cry over a sonata,
you cry over parting, you changed

and you are better than before
you have become more human

adorably human
imperfect, vulnerable, and one thing more

you start looking back
like you were riding on a boat about to dock in an island
but you were still looking at the
waves of the water from behind....