Sound

The spirituality of sound
of a gong
of a loon
the impossible grieving
of morning doves
the cracking of ice
the drone of urban streets
trucks rumbling
over wooden bridges
a cat’s purr

There’s a need to hold sound
to feel its pulsation
to see colors of sound
or to hear the sun mounting
the sky or
the bloodless and wicked
sound of lightning

Ah, the overflowing tapestry
of sounds
with their invisible force
or the unconscious sounds
of the dead
diffused and distant
or the meandering of echoes 

the broadcast, the transmission
the longwinded sermons 
the cry of a newborn
the utterance, the announcement
a city’s cacophony, the uproar
the dissonant chord
the rhetoric of schizophrenics
or Purple Passages of Deep Purple
psychedelic or progressive sounds

Om, a sound of guidance
the chant, the mantra, the moan
of orgasms, the gasp, the scream
the subtleness of whispers  

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from my 6th book-length ms. 
©dah / dahlusion 2015 all rights reserved

"Sound" was first published in 'Chicago Record Magazine'
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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Darling Avatar
September 17, 2016 at 3:23 PM
Very nice!! ( :
Dahlusion Avatar
September 20, 2016 at 2:25 PM
Thank you! ––))
Andresen Avatar
September 16, 2016 at 1:18 PM
- A lot of sound in our world - I prefer silence with nature sounds - A great poem, Dah - Thank you for visiting one of my poems - // Anne-Lise :)
Dahlusion Avatar
September 20, 2016 at 2:27 PM
Yes, silence is half of the equation (yin/yang), the other half is noise, all of it spiritual. Thank you! ––))
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