I look out over the still waters,
Under the dark blue evening sky
You're standing there, 
Underneath the moonlight
Looking up at the early stars,
My love


But as I stand there, I realize
There's no sound of the crickets,
The stillness is more empty than I remember,
And you're slowly drifting away
Why does it have to be this way?


The universe had let us cross paths, but then pulled us apart
It shouldn't have left this big ache in my heart
"I want you back," a small part of me pleads,
But now that you're fading, I can't do a thing
Like we're made for each other, but not meant to be


There's nothing I can do, can I?
Time wouldn't stop as the water pulls you away
But I'm no good for you, am I?
It's like the whole world is against me,
As if it doesn't want me to love you anymore
As if it doesn't want me to see you anymore
Even as you look up at me with those big brown eyes,
Even if you've been so good to me all this time


I just wonder why the universe would let you be such a 
joy in my life only to suddenly take you away
Like it's a game to play with my feelings,
And I cannot have real love that stays


Fine, if that's how it is,
I'll just remain here on the side, stifling a frown
With the full moon staring me down
Cause I have no control of the tide,
With no choice but to say a goodbye




-Inspired by Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata"

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Author’s Note

This post is long overdue because I finished writing this poem back in the summer of 2022, and now I’m posting this almost two years later. Perhaps I put it off so late because it’s such a vulnerable poem, but now I think enough time has passed for me to finally give it a place on this blog.

In regard to the history of the piano piece “Moonlight Sonata,” the two main things I could gather from my research was that Beethoven was going deaf (hence the line “There’s no sound of the crickets”), and that he was apparently in love with one of his piano students but the girl’s parents were like “nope you’re not good enough” and some time afterwards he started contemplating suicide o_o 

Well, I’m not sure how exactly Beethoven’s story went, but in this poem I wrote from the point of view of a character based on him. I imagined that he was standing at the edge of a lake, watching his beloved person drift away on a raft or something.

I was going to write a stanza for every portion of the entire song, but it was too much work and I was running out of rhymes lol. But I’m actually really proud of how this whole poem turned out! I would say this is one of the best poems I’ve ever written so far because all the metaphors are so good, and all the rhymes complement them so well. Especially in the last stanza when it says “With the full moon staring me down / Cause I have no control of the tide” because you know how the moon controls the Earth’s tides, right?

Anyways, that’s all I’ll say for now, so thanks for taking the time to read!

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