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I swing my gaze from side to side my eyes alighting on the crowd Hushed whispers floated around me as the musicians tuned rising discordantly but in perfect non sync disjointed voices float on a non lyrical cloud The wind dies and the universe holds it's breath as the first tiny note from a violin doth sing and the rest of the instruments gathered round rise to join their voice to it's melody collective indrawn breath adds a harmonious sound for hours I bathe in a melodious rhapsody of lilting fingers creating a sensuous massage unraveling the knot in my soul, now free delighting in the aural mirage Taken by the hand, immersed in rapture summoned by magick, I hear my name called drifting in upon the tide of an age old dream inhaling a portent that has held me enthralled a broken spell from a blinding light music is left hiding in the corners of a cavernous space the accolades that thundered through the bones is now just an echo, but I remain a statue, in place I sat still but danced inside to every note that buried beneath my skin to lay a kernel of appreciation inside my slightly bruised heart underneath an iron clad chest as the last note lay dying it invites me to rest sitting in the dark of resounding silence I clapped until my hands bled staring at the dark stain upon my palms I've only just noticed the musicians have fled
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Nov 3, 2013
Nov 3, 2013 at 5:47 AM UTC
I Clapped Until My Hands Bled
I swing my gaze from side to side my eyes alighting on the crowd Hushed whispers floated around me as the musicians tuned rising discordantly but in perfect non sync disjointed voices float on a non lyrical cloud The wind dies and the universe holds it's breath as the first tiny note from a violin doth sing and the rest of the instruments gathered round rise to join their voice to it's melody collective indrawn breath adds a harmonious sound for hours I bathe in a melodious rhapsody of lilting fingers creating a sensuous massage unraveling the knot in my soul, now free delighting in the aural mirage Taken by the hand, immersed in rapture summoned by magick, I hear my name called drifting in upon the tide of an age old dream inhaling a portent that has held me enthralled a broken spell from a blinding light music is left hiding in the corners of a cavernous space the accolades that thundered through the bones is now just an echo, but I remain a statue, in place I sat still but danced inside to every note that buried beneath my skin to lay a kernel of appreciation inside my slightly bruised heart underneath an iron clad chest as the last note lay dying it invites me to rest sitting in the dark of resounding silence I clapped until my hands bled staring at the dark stain upon my palms I've only just noticed the musicians have fled
Once, I sat so long after an Orchestral performance... http://hellopoetry.com/-helen/
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Nov 3, 2013
Nov 3, 2013 at 5:47 AM UTC
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