The Sound of History

I turn on a relic from an age gone by.
A record squeaks and slowly starts to whirl,
taking me back to an era long past.

The room fills up with strings and brass;
a sound of history, starting off audaciously and bold.
It dwells off, turning timid with a flirt of flair.

A rhythm that shared unique similarities,
making me surmise I put on a broken record,
which cordially invited me to a passionate waltz;

A ballroom with dresses woven by silken emotions.
decorated ceilings and aquarelles painted with sentiments 
of the gone times of gallantry and masquerades.

No room for stoic expressions, only archaic facades,
which slowly fade away as the music dies,
making the phantoms of history return to their graves.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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De Beaulieu Avatar
March 12, 2018 at 10:43 AM
Hello Kyrill, nice to meet you. Welcome to Poetry Soup. You will meet nice people here. Yes your poem is the sound of history.
Wolf Avatar
February 27, 2018 at 1:51 PM
Ah, the scratchy disk, transporting me back in time, ala Orwell's 1984 or one of Isaac Asimov's sci-fi 'futuristic' inter-planetary scenarios...A very enjoyable, read, Kyrill! Best wishes, Gershon
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