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Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

0 posted 2014-07-24 11:38 PM

I Bid Thee Play

I bid thee play, the ear is ripe
For music that precedes the toll—
That somehow wipes the staunch decay
From the very face of my soul.
A soul that’s labored, long and slow,
And heavy the whole of my days.
With secrets but the devil knows…
And sorrows no voice could convey.

I’ve wandered far, searched for release
From this curse all my life I’ve held…
It’s only song that grants me peace,
Turns me from angst I’m so compelled
To follow through the wells of doom—
To embrace, in the face of ire.
Till overcome with dark and gloom,
All loved by me is set afire.

I bid thee play, but nothing light.
Immerse my mind with a steep ache
That cradles me all through the night—
Leaves me shallow in morning’s wake.
Oh yes, I need to cry it out,
Lest my heart burst within my chest.
For joy’s a prison, I’ve no doubt.
For whom, in it, could ever rest?

A tune, fine-tuned, is all I crave…
A tear plucked from stone-clad eyes,
Stumbled upon this unmarked grave
Where all earthly ambition lies.
A hell I traverse, night and day,
To trace etchings upon the stone.
Where naught but a song might allay
The rigors of this life, alone.

Michael Anderson

7/24/2014

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2014-07-25 09:42 AM

That last stanza touched me deeply, buddy.

~*~ Tell the truth, but tell it slant.--Emily Dickimsom ~*~

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

2 posted 2014-07-25 10:05 AM

"A tune, fine-tuned, is all I crave…"

And so, "I Bid Thee Play"

Nice writing, my friend.

JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

Redstart
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since 2014-05-16

Posts 535

3 posted 2014-07-26 01:05 AM

Written with an artist's pen. If a song be your peace: let it play loudly. Let it slaughter the negativity, and open up joy. BeliEve me: joy is no prison. The denial of joy is the prison.

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

4 posted 2014-07-28 08:48 PM

I'm with Redstart that denial of joy is prison...immerse in your music!

Lori

latearrival
Member Ascendant

since 2003-03-21

Posts 5499
Florida

5 posted 2014-07-29 10:09 AM

A large sigh escaped my lips, a sort of mourning for your sad soul.I wish your relief could could have been fulfilled as easily as my sigh. Best to you, jo

Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

6 posted 2014-07-29 08:59 PM

JP,

  Music help me cope so much, or at least helps me to bleed out a bit at a time.  Glad you "felt" this one.

JL, I am glad you enjoyed.

Redstart, Lori, I know you two are right.  Sometimes it's the longing for something I so rarely feel at all that leaves me feeling that way.

Jo, oh, I wish that too.  Thank you.

Michael

bel1e
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since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

7 posted 2014-08-05 09:11 AM

ahhhhh for music hath the power to soothe the savage beast~*~

let it play~*~

niiiice~

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