The Perspiration Of Desire

May Challenge (For Prompts and Reviews Group).

The notes slip through my fingers,

Only those parallel with perfection

Remaining in my palm.

Each beat, each measure,

Is a step in the direction

I wish to be travelling in.

The amount of time allocated to music,

The beat of the drums,

The thrum of strings,

Supercedes all else.

The glimmer of a future is held

In each recorded whisper,

Each strum and tear of sweat.

I know what I desire,

And I chase it with rabid determination.

The lyrics are a gateway,

A transition--

One passion to another.

Heating and fusing words:

The anvil of intellectuality.

Hammered into melody,

But also, onto paper.

The infinite canvas of idea,

The perfect brushstrokes of vocabulary--

Used to paint in a style unachievable

By mere pigment and paper.

For how else can emotion be embodied,

Except through the arrangement,

The precision, of poetry?

How else can I bleed my feelings

Into coagulated solidity?

As the dust that forms all that I am,

Letters, words, and sentences miraculously define,

Classify, and express my innermost "me".

Author's Note

The challenge was to write about what you are passionate about, and if you spend enough time on those things. This is what I attempted to do; hopefully I succeeded.

Reviews

[FJ Davis]

Enjoy poetry most when able to capture a moment, mood or perception, heighten it; find a way to best deliver and preserve it--then, hopefully, be surprised when something unexpected, something far more profound, shows up.
While I have accomplished this, on occasion, my feeling is, Ben, you do it all the time.
Your poem is a wonderful work; an artful, extremely well-crafted, personal poetic manifesto. Yes, Mr. Taylor, you were born to do this.

[Lily Mae]

I love the cascading of your work as you share with us the passion in your life.. :) x

[John Patrick Robbins AK..]

Passion always shows through in great work my friend and you've hit the mark with tghis one cheers amigo and stay crazy Gonzo

[Poeticadia]

A great waterfall of images following the transition of music to lyrics to poetry. A poetic definition of the artist in his element, following what he knows and loves best. Nicely done!

[Alexandra Elizabeth]

This is beautiful! The imagery is amazing and I love the flow. I can literally feel the rhythm of the drums in that first stanza. "The anvil of intellectuality.
Hammered into melody" gorgeous.

[Ravyne Hawke]

This is amazing and has a very stream of consciousness feel to it.. so you not only met the challenge, you superseded it! Bravo! Well done! I love the transitory stanza in between the two great desires. Your imagery is beautiful and the flow of this pure brilliance. Excellent job!