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When The Music Falls Apart

by Chris Sorrenti


welcome to the universal symphony
musicians and audience one in all
no idea who chose this vocation for us
or how our instruments should be played
but play them we must
play them we do
learning along the way
each with a unique sheet of music before him
while following the conductor
who seems to know the full score
no pause - no breaks
as one of us dies out
another fades in
the music plays on and on
in love with our own individual sound
while the symphony as a whole
tends to drive us mad
yet too afraid of what might happen
if for once we all stopped
when the music falls apart


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Revised © 2014
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02/18/2014

Posted on 02/18/2014
Copyright © 2025 Chris Sorrenti

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Laura Doom on 02/21/14 at 08:40 PM

Ha! I imagine you having written this in a haze of illicit stimulation :>) A good score in concert with enhanced acoustics can orchestrate a harmonious, if ephemeral ambience :>)

Posted by Quentin S Clingerman on 02/22/14 at 06:45 PM

Great analogy. Brilliantly composed. Life will continue until the Conductor's baton comes down in final beat.

Posted by Philip F De Pinto on 02/26/14 at 02:31 PM

We are handed this fiddle, this riddle called life and told to strum until we can figure out its rhythm and its mystery, the duality of which is beyond our ken to ever figure in my opinion, But, oh the joy and delight of such ever remaining thus, a mystery. Ultimately and as I strum, I don't want to know who the magician is or how he does his tricks, only that they amuse and thrill me beyond belief. And so until I am called home, I will enjoy the strum for as long as I can and I am certain when the strumming is done, I will enjoy its antithesis, silence, as much. Silence, the eternity of which is quite the trick to accomplish, however great the magician be.

Posted by Sam Roberts on 02/26/14 at 09:36 PM

Really love this, and the last two lines sum up the poem nicely!

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