Lonely Violin

for Tyler Clementi (1991-2010)

12-31-10

　

Another continuous moment of incredible

cloud-forming soon to disperse.

Pain softens to sadness,

And often it is by this

definition that a votive

stance takes strength

to surpass permission and

stress momentum, in aiding

any broken man.

His instrument, that tool and

trade of his art, now, ponders

over a new owner as another

ghost walks.

At this time, a passage is chosen to be

diminutive in size, and his bow can't captivate

the strings, so we only laud his love for what would

have been songs, and wait for what arrival brings.

© 2010 Jarrod C. Lacy