You Are Music

[RisingPhoenix]

What is about that song? It never bothered me before. I remember dancing with you to this very song. I remember stroking your cheek as the beat pulsated through the floor beneath our feet. Ahh R & B…it always has a way of saying just what you are feeling at that very moment. Maybe the song is bothering me because I felt the rhythm when I was with you but without you I am just left with the blues. You are so much more to me than mere words so it is only fitting you are a song. Words enhanced by musical geniuses that have felt the same about the objects of their affection. They could scarcely breathe so of course they could not speak so they used their God given talent to communicate the best way they knew how. They wrote it down in the real language of love. Music… B Flats, F Sharps, A Minors, Altos, Sopranos, and my personal favorite Falsettos. You are so much more than mere words…you are a song. You move me when you speak, you take me away with your touch. I always feel like I am dancing from even the thought of you. I have never been able to formulate words around you. My emotions stutter through my lips and I write to you because I have a chance to think for a moment. Are you listening? Silly thing to ask when I know well I hope you are reading this. But I mean do you feel me? I heard our song today…the song we made love to…I heard it today. It made me cry. The tears flowed down my cheeks. The song you made me feel like a goddess to…it made me cry. What is about that song? Why did it hurt so much? Oh yeah we are no longer together. The song lacks rhythm…Without you all I feel is blue.
For Marcellus

[The Muse]

Music has such a powerful impact. Its like food. The things that involve our senses form the most powerful of memories.

This is an INCREDIBLE poem.

All the more so because it comes from a memory that is real.

[RisingPhoenix]

Thank you so much. I read it to him last night. It was like my final farewell because I was having a lot of trouble letting go. It was exactly how I felt about him. And he said he liked it but I can tell by his voice that he still didn't understand me. I'm feeling so depressed because like my old poems received more responses than this one. This one was not written with same hurt and pain as the others. This one was just a writing that I produced during a healing process. What if I heal completely and lose my ability to write well. I am a bit frightened by this. I don't write when I am happy. I only write when I am depressed. But I don't want to spend my time depressed with a box of ho ho's under my arms. lol!

[The Muse]

The thing to remember is that we dont always get the same amount of traffic through the forum every day. Just wait and see! There are quite a few fans of your writing.

As to worrying about losing your talent...dont. The Creative Muse (No relation) can be fickle. The funny thing about art is that inspiration takes many forms and has many outlets. But the only consistent thing about it is its inconsistencies! I personally like to draw, paint, write, work with chocolate and create exotic recipes. But on any given day, those abilities will facetiously abandon me!!! Ask our resident artist, Omen...some days you just CANT draw to save your life. So to with writing. For you there is a name for it...Writers Block!

But when inspiration strikes (and it will) you will be fine. You may find it helpful to look for the things that inspire you. If feeling "Blue" is what does it, try sad music, sad stories, or the pain of others tragedy. There are things out there than can inspire you beyond what you yourself have experienced....all you need to do is discover them!!

I personally am looking forward to more!

Happy Writing!

~The Muse

[RisingPhoenix]

Thank you so much. I really appreciate the encouragement. I feel a lot better now.

[Omen]

Wow!! What happened between you and Marcellus?!?

For me, this felt like a synopsis for a passionate book or a heartwarming love story. There's something here saying that this is not limited to poetry or only your feelings.

You've given something that can touch others.

I was told a long time ago that the difference between Talent and Powers, is that Powers can be called upon when needed. Artists have Talent, Professionals are those who have changed it into powers.

I would not fear losing your abilities because of a healing heart or a hurt destined to be yesterday. Embrace it, live through it, learn from it, improve, and move on.

Your gift is as obvious as your talent. You have the 'Gift-of-Words' and the charisma of song, but now it is time for you to consider evolving.

Dare yourself to take your gift into different subjects and topics while taking your heart along for the trip. You will be amazed at what you can do. You just maybecome addicted to the fun that these new challenges present for your talent. It would be a test.

Tell me a tale of the lonely hurt heart that could not stop laughing or the betrayal of a person's best friend who happens to be a shadow.

Challenge yourself with the counseling session on failed love told in an emptry room and ended just before the patients have arrived. What about the day that would not end because the sun was really the moon and your hapiness just couldn't tell the difference.

Speak to me of what you see in the heart of the taken man... that 'she' wanted so much.

Explain to me what all of 'those' that you forget to notice everyday are missing only because YOU refuse to take the time to see.

Touch me deeper than the letters of the word... make me feel them spoken.

This was a great write-up, nut now it is time for your talent to grow into your power.

[RisingPhoenix]

Thank you so much Omen I really appreciate that.