Music for a Moment
Suddenly
Silence is
Swallowed
By sounds of senility
She is gone in the natural
A birth is recorded and filed with an expectation of optimism
Now we record- unnaturally
File and accept the alarming birth
Of Alzheimer’s
Then
There is her singing voice
Soothing melody that sits softly on the sounds from her throat
Paint colored pictures in the air that surrounds all who hear
Familiarity in them allows optimism to remain
She is back
About this poem
This is written initially for a male singer, but the decision to soften its power is a better read .
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Submitted by lainiewrites on April 29, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABXA X X AXB XXXX X X |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 446 |
Words | 87 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 1, 1, 3, 4, 1, 1 |
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