TIRED
OF PLAYING THAT OLD MUSIC
It’s
driving me nuts
No
ifs or buts
I
cannot abide it
It
sounds old and decrepit
Just
like that record on the old juke box
You
know the one
That
goes on and on
It
screeches and whines
Like
a violin gone wrong
Played
over and over
So
here I go with a new one
It’ll
be melodic
Symphonic
And
oh so, so symbolic
Symbolic
insofar as you’ll be far away
Far,
far away
And
these symbolic words portray it that way
And
maybe one day
Just
maybe one day
We’ll
never play others games
That
ended in bitter recriminations
Yet
still I love you!
Through
and through
But
we threw it all away
Yet
there is always the hope
There
is always the truth
That
you were my first true, dear love
We
acted like two teenagers
Running
wild and free
Running
with the crowd
Running
with the wind
Oh
how could I resist desist
Oh
I can hear a melody once again
The
fever pitch of the violin
Not
the screeching and whining
But
of the violin strings being gently, gently played
Softly,
softly
Quietly,
quietly
Two
violinists
Playing
solo in two different orchestras
The
loneliness, the separateness
Oh
how I still love you my dear sweetness
And
now we are free
When
you were all I needed
When
you are all I need!
This
is the way it should be
Together,
forever
Not
two concert violinist going solo
Trying
to forge a new beginning
I’ve
watched you in the wings
I’ve
watched you in the concert halls
You’ve
looked troubled, sorrowed
Oh
how I needed, wanted to be there with you
So
here I stand solo
Solo
violinist
Trying
so hard to play a new tune
Modernistic,
romantic
Symbolic
That’ll
have the audiences wanting more and more
Dancing
to the rhythmic beat
Dancing
to the heat in stadiums
Bodies
swaying
People
with their banners
Asking
for more and more
New
memories
Yet
I remain sentimental for the old days
The
good old days
The
sunny, sunny old days
So
play, play to the new rhythm
Bring
the cheer to your hearts and souls
With
the rhythmic violins
Not
the dreaded old rhythms
Bring
the smiles to the faces of the world
©
Teresa Joseph Franklin
30th
October 2016
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Rights Reserved
