Chapter 1 – Fate, For Elise
He hurried past the front door in the morning,
A letter in his hand, for Elise.
What is to happen of her, poor thing?
Of all the kids she hated him least.
The typewriter keys were like Piano keys;
Heavy and reluctant to submit.
A letter had to be typed, for the sake of Elise;
And in the morning he had to go post it.
Last night he’d typed, “It’s the brain, sorry.”
Apologising for his own disease.
In the morning he left in a hurry.
In his hand, a letter to Elise.
Spring was to bring with it song and dance.
So much for leaving things to chance.
Chapter 2 – Tempest
Of all the Elders she loved him the most.
Elise’s love for him was deep.
So, that day what came in through the post
Made Elise sit down and weep.
“Remember what it means to grieve”, he said.
“Rememeber whatever I’ve taught.”
“Remember that you too will one day be dead.”
“And that day be turned to naught.”
“There is, though, one thing left for me to give you.”
“Your inheritance, if you may.”
“Or maybe a lasting link between us two.”
“A sovereign o’er which to pray.”
Spring brought with it fear and pain.
And floating faces in the rain.
Chapter 3 – Kreutzer
Birds chirped joyously outside the window,
It’s hard to die in Spring,
When sunshine has replaced the cold, cruel snow,
It’s scary, the prospect of dying.
Elaborate Visions plagued Elise’s mind,
And made her tremble with fear.
It was insanity of the uterine kind
That made these demons appear.
Physicians found it hard to digest,
That the Elder’s health was at it’s best.
Physicians found it rather hazy
That Elise had been driven crazy.
The Elder couldn’t understand why,
Elise hadn’t sent a reply.
Elise drowned deeper into the abyss.
The Elder suspected that something was amiss.
(Perhaps it was the sovereign?)
The Elder thought it’d be wise to investigate.
Death appeared to be in Elise’s fate.
(Perhaps it was the coin?)
He arrived a day too late.
Perhaps it was the Kreutzer.
Spring was to signal the end of strife.
Instead it signalled the end of a life.
(It’s hard to die in spring.)
Chapter 4 – Moonlight
The coin rested on the Elder’s mantelpiece
As his health started to deteriorate.
A week after claiming Elise.
The coin sealed the Elder’s fate.
Spring was to bring with it song and dance.
So much for leaving things to chance.
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