Author Tammy T. Stone: Starting Over

By Raja's Insight on February 19, 2017 • ( 1 )

The music swells and

The earth shakes – this is music too

A great rumbling from the underbelly

The cries of fear and the humility

Beyond despair

But how do we start over once

The world shook open and

Swallowed us whole?

Music too –

The ocean’s roar the rustling

Of Leaves.

There is so much to the movement

Of trees, to the song of the birds

Landing to feed

The music we make!

Its origins wake to sound divine,

Whispering through the melodies

Of thrushes and the harmonies

Of rain

Swallowing our pain we have

Slung to the world from the most

Tender of voices rounding out,

Through the eaves,

The moon-filled night

With fiery sensation so that

We shudder as memories

Come awake

And heave a sigh

Readying to sing again

Until the only

Note is

One.

Excerpt from the book “Poetic Melodies”

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Preface . . .

There is a human language that encompasses the globe, regardless of race, color, creed or country. Much the same way as laughter or tears, or any of our human emotions. When we see someone laugh, there is a universal language that is communicated by all of us. We know they are happy. Just as when we see someone crying, it is generally accepted to mean they are, most likely, sad. However, the language I am referring to goes beyond the sight of emotions, and runs deeper than the tear streaked lines of a sad face. I am speaking of a language that can penetrate to the deepest depths of the human psyche, it can be felt in the beating of our hearts and it can leave us soaring among our dreams.

This universal language is music.

Upon these waves of sound we can find our spirits lifted to the heavens, we can feel the beats and the rhythms in our beings and we are moved by the vibrations. We may become lost in a memory or a moment of time may be singled out by the distinct patterns and oscillations of a melody. We may gather by the thousands to listen to this music together or we may be alone in our rooms, or be dancing with our friends or cuddling with our love, but the universal language of music expands human communication beyond the normal realm. It propels us into the wavelengths of our souls, and it is there that we become in tune, we find our harmonies, and we recognize that there is a true power in music.

The poetry included in this book seeks to capture that essence and tap into that power. These are the lines of communication opened and inspired by the universal language called music.

Christopher Allen Breidinger, Author

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