Lovely music, when did you come into my life?
Was it in
the form of a gentle rhythm
While still
in my mother’s womb?
or was it a little later?
I am told even as a little one
I would
crane my neck towards the radio
Playing melodious
film songs
Insist on
listening and cry if taken away from it!
In later
years I enjoyed listening
To you dear, in all your beautiful forms
Movies,
folk, western , devotional
Sadly no
formal exposure or training
to or in your form of classical music
Saving grace
was that those days,
Many, rather most film songs in India
Were based
on classical ragas!
Today, I
sing in the bathroom
to my heart’s
content
Can’t
imagine a world without sound or
Without you dear music!
I am after all in *NLP terms
what they
call predominantly “Auditory”
Would love it if, in my last days,
I got to listen
to you, oh music divine
Even as I
leave this world
And travel
to the other world...
Music! dear friend,
dear love
Thou has made
living in this world
bearable, worthwhile…
NB: *NLP refers to Nuero Linguistic Programming
Oh music! It's magic! 😁
ReplyDeleteThank you for responding Ranjini. So happy you related to the post!
ReplyDeleteYes, music has the mystical power to change our moods. While listening to some lovely melodious songs we forget ourselves. Without music this world will become a hell. This one can be described as an ode to music.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot Mr Shivkumar for your appreciation and feedback!
DeleteIf music be the food of life, play on!
ReplyDeleteBeautifully expressed.
Thank you so much Deepakji!
DeleteWhy think of 'last moment' when we can enjoy music in the present moment and every moment.
ReplyDeleteTake care. Enjoy!
Thank you for your feedback. It is after enjoying all the present moments that I additionally wish to listen to music at the last moment. It is my wish. should cause no alarm or concern to anyone else.
DeleteThe rhyme and the rhythm always make the people ecstatic with full involvement and you are not an exception. Enjoy to the core of your interests in composing poetry in lucid ways. I like it.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much sambandam sir. So happy to receive your feedback!
DeleteHa ha ha!!!! 'Music when soft voices die vibrate in thy memory.'
ReplyDeleteThank you Supratik!
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