When It's Better To Hear Than See

When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. - Thoreau

scaling higher and higher in a melodic sand dune

crank up the tune

all the way to the moon

as loud as possible

than crank it up some more

until it blows out the windows and opens everyone's door

cleaning out my attic of all the junk

making room for strutting, gyrating rhythm and funk

bass so low you think it's thundering under a london fog

as the pace morphs into a remembering sprint from a forgetful jog

i want to feel the percussion beating  me down

shaking the very ground

from head to toes

after all, drumming always foretells and knows

cymbals crashing in my soul

as angels commence to bowl

aplomb

in the atomic psalm of a cantabile bomb

keyboards pressing all the right keys

never needing to say thank you or please

guitars wailing life's joy and sorrow

so that today has no choice but to hold hands with tomorrow

in a bipolar mania of feelings and emotions

piking and strumming up and down so fast

i want nothing more than for it to simply last

ushering in the future and seating the past

god himself in the very lyrics of the front row

i don't just think this, i know

losing all control

picking up the scattered, spilled pieces and making me whole

raising me up and removing a deaf silence's shroud

drawing folks to a miracle from miles around in an eternal, rocking crowd

all heaven giving a standing ovation

the devil rising to his burning, slithering feet as he relinquishes causation

i might not know much

may even be a bit too proud

but i do know that it's better loud

it's gotta be

for all those times

when it's better to hear than see

Author's Note

"The pleasure we feel in music springs from the obedience which is in it." - Thoreau

Reviews

[willweb]

It is always better loud in my opinion, music is meant to be heard and felt, just like you very cool poems states. Nicely done.

[Pete]

you obviously get it. thanks ww ... :)