Poetry For Everyday People
Living Notes
A rat runs
across the fence
while the wind
carries a butterfly
perfectly sustained
dancing in life's air
and I ponder
a theory
are musical notes
played live
alive
at that moment
not the musicians
the notes
is the note alive?
the note is
a manipulation
of an instrument
a string strummed
notes held down
by fingers
air from our
lungs
as if we're giving
mouth to mouth
can I not argue
that notes played
by Miles were alive
live?
at the moment
the note is played?
BB King's
sustained vibrato
that note that sends
every hair on your arms
up in the air dancing
redemption
that's alive
that note is alive
for that moment
that precious moment
when notes live
live through us
take us to a place
rarely found
rarely touched
a place that feeds
our souls
fuels our inner light
giving magic
life
giving life
magic.
across the fence
while the wind
carries a butterfly
perfectly sustained
dancing in life's air
and I ponder
a theory
are musical notes
played live
alive
at that moment
not the musicians
the notes
is the note alive?
the note is
a manipulation
of an instrument
a string strummed
notes held down
by fingers
air from our
lungs
as if we're giving
mouth to mouth
can I not argue
that notes played
by Miles were alive
live?
at the moment
the note is played?
BB King's
sustained vibrato
that note that sends
every hair on your arms
up in the air dancing
redemption
that's alive
that note is alive
for that moment
that precious moment
when notes live
live through us
take us to a place
rarely found
rarely touched
a place that feeds
our souls
fuels our inner light
giving magic
life
giving life
magic.
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Living Notes
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