19. Cadence of Always: A Poem

 


 

Over hills and vales, we marched

our feet in time, synchronized together

through wind, and rains, and mud, and snow

amid bustling city streets, crowds lining

always that cadence, tap, tap, tap..

 

In nighttime stadiums under lights

our music in tune, balanced together

through cheering, and hushed audiences

when everything came together, alive

always that tone, rising, rising, rising..

 

Inside concert halls, in shadows

looking at music written on pages

through love we learned to play

from our hearts, not from just fading memories

always that resonance, echoing, echoing, echoing..


 

 

Long bus rides, miles never ending

watching millions of souls pass along

through life now pulling us into currents

removing us quickly from the music we created

always that memory, beauty, beauty, beauty...

 

Lessons in theory and practice, performing

listening for when the sound is pregnant with power

through our bodies it rippled, infused with beauty

transforming us from circumstances, into dreams

always that power, growing, growing, growing...

 

Over those hills and vales, we look

our feet searching for that cadence

through life storms, and tears, and wounds

we now are the lining crowds amid city streets

always that feeling, joy, joy, joy...

 


 

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