Leaving an Unforgettable Mark

This was an interesting assignment.  We were talking about music and poetry, and we read some poems that revolved around music at their cores.

The assignment was to write a poem that centered around music - whether it was an actual song or if it was something like the birds in the trees or the call of whales.

Leaving an Unforgettable Mark

 

Surrounds by chaos,
Swallowed in the mists of the time,
Someone plays my song.

The first few notes

Pierce the miasma,
Taking me back again

Hot, humid, almost holy

Summer sun’s sweltering stare
Streams through clouded windows

Sitting in the back pew,

Exchanging glances and notes,
His hand brushing mine

Silently laughing at a

Shared joke, a thought
Meant to entertain

First blush of love

At the height of youth –
Naïve, trusting, fleeting

Struck down by distance –

The miles, the years –
Before the bud could bloom

Left with the memories of

A summer romance in
The innocence of childhood.

All that’s left?  A wistful smile

Echoed in the refrains for
My son of a preacher man.