This Life I Have Given

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I gave my life to you.

I gave my voice to you.

I gave part of my heart to you.

I can die with you.

Your melody,

oh so sweet.

Whisper sweet caresses

into my ear.

Your voice,

my voice,

mixed into one

beautiful sound.

A sound yet

to be heard.

A song that needs to

be played.

Play until my fingers

bleed and turn your

delicate strings

a crimson red.

A thing I love

so much drains me

by the minute.

I cannot rest.

Part of you

controls me.

Part of me

controls you.

My fingers

dance over your

neck, and leap

over your bridge.

The other hand

holds a bow

that seems to tie

together notes.

One, two, three, four.

One, two, three, four.

Tick, tock.

Tick, tock.

I follow the beat,

three of them.

Another goes

thump-THUMP, thump-THUMP.

I have given my life to you.

Though you are a hollow,

golden piece of wood,

you are my violin.

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