I'll Be Seeing You.

Goldfinch60



Once more it happened,

The power that music has over me

Found me out again.

Just sitting listening

To some Jazz on the radio,

When on came a song,

A song that I had heard

So many times before.

But as the tune flowed

From that heart rending voice,

I felt the tears

Slowly forming in my eyes,

As the song moved me.

Why this time?

Why not other times?

Was it that those other times

I heard it,

But this time,

I listened to it.

  • Author: Goldfinch60 (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: September 16th, 2017 01:15
  • Comment from author about the poem: The song that I heard was the one that I have added to this post. How many of us just hear music? How many of us really listen to music?
  • Category: Reflection
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Comments8

  • orchidee

    A fine and sensitive write Gold. Sometimes things can affect us more than at other times. I mean, you would be more sensitive at the times I add water to your whisky, than when I 'm not around! heehee.

    • Goldfinch60

      Certainly true ORchi. YOU LEAVE MY WHISKY ALONE!!

    • Michael Edwards

      As we said in another stream - how many of us look at art generally - great write, great singer, great song - I'll listen to it again later.

      • Goldfinch60

        Very true Michael, thank you.

      • dusk arising

        Needless to say that i'm familiar with Billie Hilliday's work. I read your piece and listened thinking about your words. i Can only imagine how it made you feel, but for me it was quite moving. Thank you for sharing this.

        • Goldfinch60

          Thank you DA, music can always surprise us in such unexpected ways and times.

        • Accidental Poet

          I've had this happen to me as well. And it was one of Billie Holiday's songs too. It was also in the movie "Forever Young" with Mel Gibson. Can't remember the name of the song now. Great write Goldfinch. ; )

          • Goldfinch60

            Thank you AP. She was a very emotive singer who reached out to us all.

            • Accidental Poet

              Even today she holds her ground. Wonderful artist. ; )

              • 3 more comments

            • FredPeyer

              Goldfinch, you nailed it. We look, but we don't see. We hear, but we don't listen. We touch, but we don't feel. Unless the heart is involved, it is for naught.

              • Goldfinch60

                Very true Fred, thank you so much for your comment.

              • Louis Gibbs

                Yes, music has the power to speak our hearts for us, to connect with our soul, like nothing else. What a gift!

                • Goldfinch60

                  Very true, a wonderful gift indeed.

                • BRIAN & ANGELA

                  Thanks ANDY ~ Billie Holliday ~ An amazing voice that cuts through the mind and goes straight to te heart ~ very moving ! Recorded over 70 years ago (i944) and yet still retains its Power to make GROWN MEN CRY. I give talks (mainly to over 60's clubs) on Jim Reeves ~ Nat king Cole ~ Dean Martin etc and often by the end of the evening every one is crying ! Music always has the Power to Move ~ BRIAN

                  • Goldfinch60

                    Very true Brian, music has the power to move and to heal.

                  • myself and me

                    We are so different now from then, and the song sounds different too.
                    A poem and a song catch the heart. Thank you.

                    • Goldfinch60

                      Thank you M and M, music and words are so powerful.



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