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The Violin by ~AlfaSub1:iconAlfaSub1:

Categories Literature > Poetry > General Poetry > Fixed


While I sit and write this poem,
My eyes overflow with tears of pain
As I think of that lovely violin
That shall not ever play again.

Alone atop a shelf it lies;
For many a year it has lain there.
Dust covers and dulls its once bright surface,
Yet nobody seems to notice or care.

The music that once leaped from its strings,
Drawn from the moving of the bow,
Is now but a distant memory
Of the happy days of long ago.

Does anyone care for that violin,
Or what its fate will be?
It seems only one has a longing for it.
Only one person… Me.
©2006-2009 ~AlfaSub1
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Author's Comments

This, very sadly, is a true story. Upon a shelf in my house sits an ancient violin that belonged to my great-grandfather. It isn't a very good one, but it is very beautiful. It has sat up there ever since my father received it upon the death of the original owner. I am the only one who really cares about that violin, for my father won't even pay to get it fixed and in good playing condition. Oh, I hope one day that I can keep that violin as my own and treasure it as it was mean't to be treasured... :cry:

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~carolin54323 Sep 1, 2006, 6:54:46 AM
I think an instrument left unplayed is a shame. I hope you get the violin :)

--
I believe in nature, and the beauty of a tree. The structure of the universe holds Gods enough for me.

Gone Chopin (Remembered Liszt) Bach in a minuet.
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~AlfaSub1 Sep 1, 2006, 2:18:44 PM
My parents have finally given their consent for me to take it with me when I leave, so I'm happy. :)
What bothers me is that they still don't care about it.

--
Sigh... So many submarines, so little time.

Captain Tupolev, I await your command!
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~carolin54323 Sep 2, 2006, 6:57:46 AM
I think it is most important that you care for it. Maybe your parents will never understand, maybe they will come to care for it, that is for time to tell, but if you are to have it, and love it and care for it, and most of all play it, then that is good.

--
I believe in nature, and the beauty of a tree. The structure of the universe holds Gods enough for me.

Gone Chopin (Remembered Liszt) Bach in a minuet.
:iconalfasub1:
~AlfaSub1 Sep 2, 2006, 7:07:40 AM
Yes, thank you. :)

--
Sigh... So many submarines, so little time.

Captain Tupolev, I await your command!
:iconcarolin54323:
~carolin54323 Sep 2, 2006, 7:12:27 AM
I need no thanking, I have done nothing deserving of thanks.

--
I believe in nature, and the beauty of a tree. The structure of the universe holds Gods enough for me.

Gone Chopin (Remembered Liszt) Bach in a minuet.
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