Music can be truly inspiring and capture so many emotions all at once. In this original poem, I parallel the sensuality and passion of getting lost in beautiful music with losing one’s self in intimacy of another kind.
Both can rock the furniture and make the walls shake. Only one requires a singer or band. (I’ll let you figure out which is which.)
To hear an AudioBoo reading of this poem by the writer, go to https://audioboo.fm/boos/1539893-love-notes.
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LOVE NOTES by chris kuhn
The song caresses me.
Each note, each strum across the strings
Like long, lithe fingers grazing my skin.
Captured by a hook, lost in a lyric,
So often mesmerized by a melody,
I sit and listen, swept up and stirred
By luscious lyrics
Teasing my ear
With short, playful nibbles,
Like delicious words dripping
From a lover’s tongue.
Pulling me forward,
Closer and closer,
The gripping guitar
Clutches with heat and urgency,
Passion surging through fiery strings.
My skin sears at their scorching sound.
The beguiling bass sends shivers
Strolling along my spine,
Content to leave goosebumps
Along blushing flesh
And tingling muscles
Aching to be wrapped in
The arms of low, deep chords
That surround my heart.
A tantalizing tap beckons,
Calling out to me,
Ushering me toward it
To hold on tight and prepare
For a pulsating beat
Backed by alluring licks.
A singer raises his voice
Lifting me lovingly
And he is there with me,
Elevating us to the highest of notes
Then falling gently to dig down deep,
And touch the bottom of my soul.
All at once captivated and enraptured,
What appear as merely notes on a page
Transport shy ones to a braver place,
A guarded piece of themselves invited,
Swept away on a journey to embrace
The passion within and without.
A stunning piece of poetry Chris, encapsulates the sheer joy and passion that music can bring, it’s power to uplift and sooth and speak to everybody in different ways. Superb.
Cameron, Thank you so much for the kind words. Music is an incredible gift we can enjoy freely wherever and whenever we want. We are so fortunate to get to immerse ourselves in it. Appreciate that you enjoyed my perspective on this wondrous, sensual experience. 🙂 ~ chris