An Ode To MY Guitar.
This guitar's endured
angry fingers and thumbs
plucking pain from its frets
till my digits were numb,
with its dark sound hole screaming
as my vocals fell mum
something far more redeeming
then I'd ever begun
things my heart should be dreaming
on lonely nights yet to come.
But it's also known loving,
when I've wooed a young girl,
watched her eyes softly moisten
under long lashes curled,
it's my cure and my poison
when each heartstring I've pressed,
coaxed a smile gently poised in
ways that make two hearts blessed,
what came next can be guessed.
Sweetest notes became kisses
till her song reached its end,
loneliness softly fading
with my mahogany friend,
hardened steel and soft nylons
oh, so gently they'd bend
while the warmth of flesh blending
played again and again.
All my dischords bled out
into sweet harmonies
one round bodied Ovation
playing love's melodies
echoed on in my memories
with passionate pleas.
Now it squats in the corner
my dear friend for life
that never turned on me yet
or cut me like a knife,
though it's made me a mourner,
it brought me my wife.
thus we still take communion
with the sweet wine of life
and I'll always embrace it
both in joy and in strife.
It's a mystical thing,
spawned of wood,
steel and strings,
there's no song to express
all the joy that it brings,
I'll let no dust films gather,
on its smooth, yawning face,
it holds powers beyond me,
plus the next tune I'll chase,
with my heart's guest of honor
in it's permanent place.
Here's to my old gitfiddle
pegged a wee bit high strung,
but man it's got style,
on my shoulder strap hung,
like a true gifted child
it is second to none,
someday I'll be a star,
from the works it has done