Well, since I just wrote "yesterday"'s post, I'm not entirely sure what to write for Day 2, but I'll give it a shot. This might just be an excuse for me to do some songwriting under the guise of a homework assignment (Yep, I write songs. For some reason, that tends to surprise people.), but since we talked about lyric poems in class, I guess I was thinking I could try writing one here. And possibly set it to a catchy tune later. (And yes, I know that lyric poems are a different thing than song lyrics, but they WERE sung in the ancient world, and there are definitely echoes of lyric poetry in modern music. I can't play the lyre, though, so I'll probably have to stick with guitar.)
Hm... I think I'll do four-line stanzas, with one line of iambic trimeter alternating with one of iambic dimeter.
Now, for the fun, creative part.
I bet you are afraid, and that makes me afraid,
Because I know that you will go,
And leave in your wake words that crouch behind your smiles,
In wait until you've walked away,
And put a safe distance between the two of us,
They'll hide, the way I could have hid,
I feel them watching me, like I could have watched you,
Watched your hair shine like onyx,
And tried to stop the blood from rushing to my cheeks,
And stop my knees from feeling weak,
I wish I never did give you this to you to bear,
'Cause one of us afraid's enough.
Wow, that was hard! Maybe I shouldn't have picked such a strict rhyme scheme. I don't think it's long enough to set to music, or good enough, for that matter. But if I do, maybe I'll post the video on here just for kicks.
Hopefully this wasn't too off-topic.
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