"Cut out the eye from a photograph of one who has been loved but is seen no more. Attach the eye to the pendulum of a metronome and regulate the weight to suit the tempo desired. Keep doing to the limit of endurance. With a hammer well-aimed, try to destroy the whole at a single blow.'(instructions as part of a 1932 drawing by Man Ray)
Pendulum
the magic has died
where once there were
sparks in your eyes
and your touch...your kiss
which once would leave me in bliss
but no more
no more my heart
which once would thump
at the mere thought of you
now merely ticking like a pendulum
keeping time
barely keeping me alive
the music is gone
the only sound
the cruel drone of the metronome
the magic has died
yes...where once there were
stars in my eyes
© 2011 Sonya Florentino
photo by John Lodder
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jlodder/4905848049/
(the photograph uses images from art by Man Ray, in particular the "Object to be Destroyed" and "Noire et Blanche")
do read this article about Man Ray's artwork "Object to be Destroyed" (it's quite fascinating)...
http://www.tate.org.uk/magazine/issue3/eyeofthebeholder.htm
A really unique write on dying love. Great work Sonetta ! Maggie
A wonderfully imaginative poem! Piano forte lessons take on a whole new level of meaning Sonya! Wish I'd had this poem and a hammer when Iwas seven years old and stuck playing the Minute Waltz to a sixty second beat! :) kath xxx
ah the mechanical drone of love grown cold, i knew you well! very nicely done, bookmarked!
You write beautifully, sonetta...I loved the last line: ''stars in your eyes'', it's both sweet and bitter to reminisce the loves of the past!
Exquisitely written here the message of emptiness is made tangible and stays long after the read. An interesting way of dealing with moving on is brought out in the "eye and the metronome" idea.
Brilliant use of the image and the word pendulam to brings forth the plight of a love-ridden heart that remains just mechanical...nice poem, Sonya
A sad and a sweet nostalgic poem Sonetta ! -Raj
This is haunting and bitter truth... I really hate to face such situations but it happens to me quite often... Excellent work Sonya....
very nice.
Oh, subtly poignant and haunting since love has moved out and his empty house holds naked echoes, the substance of which has vanished. Excellent! Eerie and bittersweet. Superb!
Ah, the heart knows when the stars are gone from the eyes. Lovely with a message...of good-bye! Dorothy A Poet Who Loves To Sing
very nice, I like it , magic gon but music could come back it is within us, peace.
Amazingly effective in using a different approach to love that has died. The "metronome" influence is powerful and the last stanza brings an emptiness which is so apt for the conclusion~