Pause (for Johann Johannsson).

I have nothing
And yet I will outlive you

Not because I am stronger

Weaker perhaps

But safer

Through the worlds you scored

Because I could never soar

To your heights

Like a god

Though human wrapped in chords

Albeit a genius

With lilting melodies

And abrasive disharmonies

You brought forth the best in us all

Like some servant of a deity

Where art meets artifice

And music is everything

Your passing leaves a gap

A pause

© shaun patrick green 2018