Red Violet

What is music?

 

Flashing flair

The beat moves through you veins

Pumps your blood

And leads you to an unconscious dream

 

The pride of your words flowing

The originality of your soul louder

The thrill of eyes running with your thoughts

The applause of one work gives you more power

 

Each note

Each calligraphic line of present, future, and past

Makes you fulfill the hunger of your ears

And you can feed it with a short stereo blast

 

My life as a country kid

My life a street punk in between a library and a park

My life as a church faker

My life is a book, a song, a work of art

 

My heritage, your heritage

The songs of our fathers fathers mothers mother

The deserved tears of a stubborn country

And the tears of a lover

 

Holidays, birthdays

My day, your day

Denying combat, army war torn hearts

And poor rich kids going astray

 

Beats of a city

And ones from a truck in the rural

Rocking to a ipod on a subway

Or in 20 below weather as you walk past a mural

 

The ball in a gym as it hits the floor

The washing machine knocking rhythmically against the house

The breaths of your true love sleeping

And the leaves crunching from the steps of a scattering mouse

 

What may be annoying to me

May be a musical masterpiece to you

So many beats to different drums

What is YOUR lyrical muse?

Reviews

[Mason Vail]

Cool. I like how the mind goes into a dreamlike state - moving through memory and vision, wherever the music takes you.

I've read through it now several times and, while I love the poem, I'm at a total loss as to how the title fits. Could someone enlighten me?

[Wildecat]

Extremely creative, a well crafted poem, a definite pleasure to read this piece.

[Michael X]

descriptive, clean and refined expression with a lay over of originality the focus is capturing, Great job.

[Rose Kavanagh]

Oh, wonderful work! I loved the rhythm of this poem and the originality of the concept. Full of contradictions, but never unrealistic, this was a brilliant piece of art. My favorite stanza was:

" My life as a country kid
My life a street punk in between a library and a park
My life as a church faker
My life is a book, a song, a work of art "

So creative and full of imagery. I love it!
All in all, great work! :)

[Butterflymom]

This is a terrific piece! I enjoyed reading it, and it was full of great imagery and descriptions. I found this to be very creative, original, and fresh. BEAUTIFUL!!!