Sunday, February 7, 2010

Simple Things Challenge

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A simple note

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I will share one simple thing tonight.
One thing that makes my world right,
one thing less
meaningless
than the rest,
which soothes the beast.

When you sit in a car willing motion with tension
as minutes roll creeping along,
driving your feet into the floor
too uptight to be bored,
listen to music, or sing a song.

“Let me hear a ‘concert F’”, the band’s instructor said.
A single note, simple enough, I thought in my head.
First, five tubas ‘boomed’.
The students followed, each in turn,
with separate, and sharp complexity,
each scaling multi-directionally.

I held my breath to capture that sound
unlike any mere words can relay,
in a room full of chairs
up high on the stairs
alone and unseen and astounded.

It’s like standing in a rushing wind
which blocks out all of your senses,
feeling your features
wash off your face,
and leaving you bare with grace.
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Fellow writer at Enchanted Oak has made a challenge, for every post written on Simple Things, and sent to her site, her family will donate 2.00$ to Haiti relief.  Find her HERE and let her know.  This is my contribution.

11 comments:

  1. it leave you bare with a sense of grace...you write so wonderfully....

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  2. Oh, dear Dianne! This is something very special. I've only had three poems in 104 comments, and this one, it takes the cake. What a powerful piece! I can hear that one note, all those instruments at once, blow through me. Awesome poem. Thank you for being part of my poetic life, my friend.

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  3. The complex structure of simplicity.

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  4. "One thing that makes my world right,"
    Little things certainly mean a lot; thanks for sharing your beautiful write

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  5. a wonderful tribute to a wonderful cause... a veritable symphony of sound and senses...

    nicely done!

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  6. Complex simplicity. That is a startling thought.

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  7. Wonderful way to capture the intricacies of something so simple. Beautifully done.

    Cheers...

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  8. Yes, wonderfully written, Dianne :)

    wishes,
    devika

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  9. Nicely done--there really isn't anything like a live band is there?

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