Poem: The Music of Me
South Australian writer Trevor Gill conducts himself in this week’s Poet’s Corner contribution.
The Music of Me
Erase my electrical devices.
Turn off the Mixmaster of news.
Don’t answer the doorbell.
Just greet myself – Hello!
Find some space and silence.
Listen to myself breathe.
Imagine I am a musical note
stepped out from a symphony.
Just wanting to be alone
for a little while to conduct myself.
Regained my identity? Yes!
Not just A, B, C, D, E, F or G
I am me! Ready to play.
Now the orchestra beckons to the tuning.
The strings, woodwinds
brass and percussion call.
I am back before the
baton feeling composed
by the maestro’s slicing
right hand, and trembling left.
Harmony and humanity in concert.
Triumphant crescendos and melting laments.
Musical majesty, purity and passion.
Now the concert is over
and the ancient giver of
rhythm has taken his bow.
As the musicians and audience depart,
I am folded into the sheets,
quietly assured that I am
noteworthy.
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Trevor Gill lives on South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula. A former daily columnist, sporting and feature writer with News Limited, he is the author of five published books and is currently working on his sixth. Trevor enjoys incorporating poetic form in his writing. He is a past board member of Falie Project Limited, former chairman of SA Tall Ships Incorporated, and past chairman of Yorke Peninsula’s Saltwater Classic, all roles dedicated to celebrating South Australia’s maritime history.
Readers’ original and unpublished poems of up to 40 lines can be emailed, with postal address, to [email protected]. Submissions should be in the body of the email, not as attachments. A poetry book will be awarded to each accepted contributor.