Died, the Music Within

Strumming fingers
Tangle, crumble, wallow
To broken strides of overtures
Amid a drowning heart

Where begins a resonation
A bitter coming taste to sorrow
Reverberations escaping
Straying off and depart

Into echoes of destined hushes
Reaching out for want
Of faring morrows
And melancholy enters in, to play its part

One by one
Tear drops fall, pick and “plunk”
A melody that saturates lyrics out
“We’ve become undone”

Rupturing a soul within this now
Of unscheduled portrait hells
Where the notes themselves jump to plunge
Into realization composes songs of "killing selves"
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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Macmillan Avatar
June 27, 2012 at 10:19 PM
Awesome write, Mike! Great message, wonderful flow, Thanks for the comments and reads on my poetry. My internet time has been cut back radically and most days I'm here from 10 pm till bedtime, Mon-Thurs. Weekends are for family and I try to make my days count with my 3 year old daughter. Fingerpainting takes precedence. LOL. Keep writing! Summer has many readers out of doors, on vacations, but they will catch up to you! You are appreciated. Hugs, Cyndi
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April 21, 2011 at 10:53 AM
Excellent write, poem fits the title and worded so well.
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