The Music Wraps Around Me

Bella Shepard

 

 

 

The music takes me back

To happy times and places

I hear the notes and they transform

To old familiar faces

 

The words are in my memory

Enshrined forever more

I sing them in my dreams

I speak them in my lore

 

The music wraps around me

And takes me to my home

I’m lifted in a starry sky

Where I may ever roam

 

I’m lost in thoughts of yesterday

Of places I have seen

Those thoughts are sometimes foggy

But I know just what they mean

 

They are feelings that engulf me

And will not let me go

They hold me and caress me

As they rock me to and fro

 

The lullaby my father sang

A sweet and calm refrain

I see him sitting by my bed

His loving face the same

 

My mother singing as she sewed

A brand new dress for me

Lost in ruffles, hems and folds

She stitched so lovingly

 

The songs of Christmas in our church

The sounds, the smells alive

With hymns of old that filled my mind

When I was only five

 

The songs of adolescence

That I danced to in my youth

They seem a little dated now

If I should speak the truth

 

The wedding song that I adored

A special one for me

He and I were one that day

How happy we would be

 

Our children came, first one then two

Within a span of years

Their babbling and cooing

Was sweet music to my ears

 

So much music followed

Each precious life event

That made me truly grateful

For a life that seemed well spent

 

And as the music plays now

And I hear the final beat

I feel its warmth and comfort

That has made my life complete

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Author: Bella Shepard (Pseudonym) (Online Online)
  • Published: March 1st, 2022 14:51
  • Comment from author about the poem: Here's to a love of music. What would we do without it?
  • Category: Reflection
  • Views: 39
  • Users favorite of this poem: Poetic Dan, L. B. Mek.
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Comments8

  • Rocky Lagou

    Expressed so well! Music is powerful and definitely moves our hearts throughout our lives. Great poem!

  • Bella Shepard

    Thank you so much. I Like to think that we we created music from the very beginning because it's good for our souls.

  • Rozina

    Enjoyed reading your poem. Happy lines about the music at different times of your life. I remember this in my life too.

    • Bella Shepard

      It is such a treat to share these words with fellow travelers through life. Music is universal and crosses so many barriers. Thank you for your kind words.

    • Goldfinch60

      I have been listening to music all my long life, it is part of my life and I know that the more I get to know about music the more ignorant I realise I am as there is so much music to be heard and played.

      Andy

      • Bella Shepard

        Thank you so much for your comment. I love the story of the 1914 Christmas Eve truce in Belgium during WWI. German and British soldiers singing Christmas Carols to each other across the lines, even leaving their trenches to meet up half way into No Man's Land and exchanging handshakes, tobacco and wine. Music knows no hatred or division, it can bring out our humanity.

      • sorenbarrett

        Very well said. Not only did the meter flow well but the message was a powerful one. Music is so deeply rooted in all of us that it can evoke all types of emotions. It together with verse can change the world.

        • Bella Shepard

          You are so right, music is deeply rooted in all of us. Thank you for your insightful comments, I appreciate your thoughtfulness.

        • Pearcemelville 兎敏

          Really like this. I am captured in the first verse and lead through each with words and images that draw me alongside with a touch of candidness. Lovely

          • Bella Shepard

            Thank you dear poet for your kind words, I'm so glad that you enjoyed it. Music has always been such a big part of my life.

          • Neville



            I simply dont know what on earth we would do without it .. people dancing, tapping their feet and generally letting their hair down would all look rather bizarre without some accompanying beat or tune being played out, wouldn't they ... tis just as well I know exactly what you mean Bella ... wham-bam thank you ma'am for posting ............................ Neville 🙂

            • Bella Shepard

              Your witty repartee, always makes my day! Love to get your comments

            • L. B. Mek

              'without Music, life would be a mistake'
              Friedrich Nietzsche
              (so glad I found this
              simply Beautiful
              dear cherished Poet)
              thank you!

              • Bella Shepard

                Thank you my cherished friend for such kind words . I took a creative writing class in 2018 and we were asked to write a poem one night in class. I wrote the first few stanzas there and later on I added to it. I guess I caught the bug there, and have enjoyed it ever since. I so enjoy our communication, it means a great deal to me.



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