Once more my ticket had not arrived,
And as I looked at the concert
Nobodies ticket had reached them.
The orchestra were playing their hearts out
Into the empty auditorium.
Such a sad sight,
Such wonderful music,
But nobody listening,
Except perhaps people like me,
One of the millions around the world
That always listen to the concert,
The New Year’s Concert from Vienna.
The music so beautiful
Played with such love,
But nobody there to listen.
I was totally entranced,
I was there in Spirit
But then the tears began.
Not through music
This time,
But through the words,
The words of the conductor
Addressing the watching world,
And those words meant so much,
So much to me when he said
“Musicians bring Joy,
Hope,
Peace,
Brotherhood,
And Love with a capital L”.
The speech ended,
That speech meant so much to me.
Music is so important,
So important in my life
As it can be in all our lives,
It can bring us together,
And if the world can listen,
Listen to that symphony,
That symphony of harmony,
Then the world will be
Such a better place.