"For a Moment" - Joanne Germanotta

Joanne was an artist and a poet. "For a Moment" below encapsulates the beauty of life and the flow life has. The poem resembles the beauty of nature blended with life's cycle. The date of "For a Moment" is unknown, but this lyrical poem keeps Joanne's spirit alive. "For a Moment" was published in niece's Stefani Germanotta's album booklet, The Fame. This poem just simply shares a bit of Joanne's talent, and the writing that may have influenced Gaga's interest in writing music. Below is the poem...

Yesterday, I took a walk in the rain
The cool refreshing droplets splashed on my cheeks.
I walked,
And walked, And walked,
Not knowing where I was going.
The trees swayed as a chilly spring
Gently caressed their branches.
A cute white rabbit scampered
Across a wide open field.
He stopped in front of me in a
Patch of emerald.
He had a quizzical look on his furry little face.
He wiggled his ears,
Crinkled his nose,
And scratched his whiskers like
An old man.
I started to laugh.
He ran off into the distance
Looking like a pearl in a patch of seaweed.
The cool refreshing droplets splashed
On my cheeks.
I walked,
And walked, And walked,
Not knowing where I was going.
I saw a family of ducks on a lake,
I stopped to look,
Mama Duck first,
And all the little ducklings gliding
Behind her in a single file.
They were dancing to the music
of the rain tapping on water.
And then I was my reflection on
the mirror-like surface of the lake
And for a moment,
I was the only living creature around.
The cool refreshing droplets splashed
On my cheeks. I turned,
And walked, And walked,
Knowing where I was going.

This poem strikes importance for Gaga's induvitual memory of Joanne. She states that she has inherited her aunt's creativity, and her poem writing contributes to a lot of her songwriting today. The creative gene can also be seen in her father, who loved rock n' roll and was in a Bruce Springsteen cover band. By Gaga taking on the life of an artist, it is no surprise that much of her art exists in the form of writing. It begs the question if Gaga does this as a tool to memorialize her aunt, or just becuase she, too has the intrinsic motivation to write.