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First Song

"Sing a song,"

The master said,

"Before you don't

And wind up dead.

Sing a song And you will see

How happy, Sad, And young you be."

 

"What shall I sing?"

The singer asked,

"For up till now

Not one has tasked

To write that thing you call A song.

If none exists, I'll right that wrong."

 

And so to paper pen was put,

And rhyme appeared.

Of love,

And joy,

And dreams of what

Was yet to come.

 

"Tis half a song at best," He mused.

And then a breeze his mind did soothe,

And from his lips emerged a tune.

It was the first such sound

And soon

Was heard by all who ventured near

The singer.

 

And from that first song

Came the rest.

And through the time

Each one was best,

From singers who caressed the breeze

And gifted us,

Our souls to please.

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Written by
john-davis
Published
Apr 23, 2014
Lines·Words
32·148
Notes

There had to be a first song. And there had to be a creative force. This is about the interplay between song writer and that force.

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