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Nathan Duncan Jul 2017
There’s the story of the old violin,
Badly beaten and bruised throughout the years,
Viewed as a completely destroyed has-been,
Expected as an assault on the ears.

Worth not even a penny at auction,
Until a musician played a sweet piece,
And touched everyone’s hearts by the action,
Raising its value to the Golden Fleece.

So too does the Great Jesus know your worth,
When you think yourself a poor, broken soul.
Indeed, this is the reason for His birth:
To deliver you from Satan’s bleak hole.

Look through the lens of our dear Savior’s love,
To feel closer to that heaven above.
English sonnet form adapted from "The Touch of the Master's Hand" by Myra Brooks Welch.
Paul Jones May 2017
The glue that holds us      together loosens,
like a violin      drowning in water.
13:20 - 18/05/17
State of mind: joy; energetic;

Thoughts: from thinking - about how it only takes a single mistake to destroy something that took a great deal of effort to craft.

Questions: Is it not a good idea to make all the mistakes? Then we may learn not only what is best, but why it is so.

Notes: violins are held together by hide glue, which is soluble in water.
butterfly May 2017
Run your fingers on me
as you put your hand around my body
Press every vein - strings I have on me - hard and smooth!
until that sweet sap comes out like pure honey.

Savor the sweetness of my sap
as your body melt with it until
You and I will collide into the space
with our minds blown away into the milky way

Tightly, hold my body then let go of
the love that wakes every living dead man on earth
i miss my violin
Carson Hurley Apr 2017
I find something beautifully heartbreaking about the sound of a string quartet playing in a minor key. As the first bow glides across the strings my heart moves in ways unknown to me. I close my eyes and imagine I am a fallen leaf floating atop a crisp flowing stream; the sun shines blissfully, the white clouds sporadically dance in formless waves across the blue sky, and though I am surrounded by passing beauty I feel the inevitable damnation for what approaches. We all know where the mountain stream leads. Ancient rock stands carved by the clawing marks of running water, desperately trying to escape its fall. With each bar played my heart sinks a little further as I know the end approaches, and when it does I find myself falling; at first gracefully, then as quick as it all began, it ends. The end is never quite as beautiful as you first hope it to be, because it is the end, and what is truly beautiful, never really dies.
Him Feb 2017
Une silhouette
Devant la grande mosquée
Une ombre se perd

Fusée propulsée
Les petits bras
D'un bébé porté

Une mère basse
**** de l'ancienne église
Eclate de rire

Des terrasses pleines
La marque d'un violon
Redessine un visage

Une goute de vin
En plein coeur de mon esprit
Perce un gout amer  

Ma route s’en va
Vers des océans
Devenus pierre

Dans la nuit
Le cavalier trouve
La poudre colorée  

Les humains sont
Une tapisserie
Sans motifs

La route du vin
Trompé de chemin
Je vais et viens

Dans le metro
Le charbon s'entasse
Pour ses vacances
She was there.
In between the staircases.
It was under them
The grey city and the stone dome.

So she was in a sweater
With a magic violin in her cute hands.
And she was in the underground
With some workers passing angry by.

With her left hand
Dancing among the sounding strings.
And her right one
Rotating fiddle-bow with a beautiful passion.

And I stood there
Following her her hand with restless eyes.
And so she played
Smiling with her eyes  pointed at me.

Yet I'm not the one
In that moment she could see.
Yet music's not the only
Who could make me forget to breathe.
Breeze-Mist Oct 2016
Wearing stilettos
Is like playing La Folia:
Attitude is Key

Wearing makeup is
Like playing folk songs: do what
You want, but nicely
Al May 2016
played an f sharp when i
should have played an f natural,
and i never heard it, i never
knew it—i played that note
over and over again, one
too many times to begin with.
it was half a step out of line:
half a step off design
half a step, it’s half
just half a step.
and still no one heard it.
gotta keep your fingers close together, but not *that* close.
GrizzlyBear Apr 2016
I step onto the stage,
the bright spotlights making my eyes water,
the rows and rows and rows of seats making my mentality waver,
the judges with their eyes penetrating me like icicles.
Their emotionless faces making me doubt myself and what I'm here for.
The palms of my hands are drenched and clammy,
I almost drop my-
oh, I forgot what I'm doing.
Whycan'tImoveI'mstuckIneedtoplayohgodthejudgesarestaringat­mewhatdoIdoIcan'tbreatheI'mgoingtomessupI'mafailure
I
need
to
bre­athe.
Slowly inhale in,
S
   l
      o
          w
              l
                  y
exhale out.
I can do this.
The violin's shoulder rest takes its place,
I inhale,
I exhale,
and I begin.
I wanted to continue this but I didn't want to make is a novel so I'll continue it in the next poem I type. This is about my experience with anxiety and performing for others.
Stella Samuel Apr 2016
At first meeting she was fascinated,
not only by him but what he did,
having the same ***** in genres.

Second time was mind opening
blue shorts with a  violin and a bow
her eyes led up not only to how he play
but how his eyes shut, bitten lips and emotions shown on his face.
Her heart kept beating fast as thou she was racing.

Late night conversations only brought her closer,
little did she know she liked him more than she should have, only to know he has a wall built in front of him,
flaunting  how good he is,
videos of him playing jamming her phone
iCloud too full to upload more media.
checking  social media just to admire even more.
she feels in love already and ready to commit,
allowing him to get the first kiss and  **** the soul out of her like an incubus in control, with a firm grip held her face with love, or so she thought.
Thinking she could break down the wall, she held on to him,
only she got hurt every time she's not with him, passing her like a stranger with cold hello and bye,
but best friends in the room.
Leaving a trail of men wanting to make her a queen but crawls to one that makes her suffer, cold text replies and short conversation as the days pass.

Happy face to cover blood tears from her heart, listening to him talk about a girl he likes, smiles not to show desperation, asking herself what she is doing wrong.
she waits still to hear him say the right words, hoping to some day break the wall
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