Vivace
This life is music.
Live to sing!
Let lyrics lift
and rhythms swing
as time, the drummer
sends each beat
into our ears
down through our feet.
We'll dance as frantic
as we may
across the evening
into day
to rave and tango
stomp and twist
bend every ankle
neck and wrist
awake, percussive
strikingly
with most rambunctious
melody.
The tempo pressures us
to be
unbound by silence,
vocal, free
to move within this
vital song
toward harmony
where all belong.
Vivace © Copyright 2021, Robert J. Tiess.
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28 lines. Rhythm of Time challenge prompt - link:
https://allpoetry.com/contest/2766135-Rhythm-of-Time
Submitted: December 5, 2020