meld rosewood and sinew to one
harp knowing each caress
stroke fire into song
fingers, loving press
practice lasting long
night melody persists
moonlit arias never gone
pause for noted rest
crescendo dance with dawn
musician and instrument one
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Tension in the strings
notes crash against the shore
concentric circles
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Today’s prompt at Poet’s United is Marriage. How many know of the beauty (and tension) of marriage?
“Let there be spaces in your togetherness, And let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. Fill each other’s cup but drink not from one cup. Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf. Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone, Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music. Give your hearts, but not into each other’s keeping. For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts. And stand together, yet not too near together: For the pillars of the temple stand apart, And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other’s shadow.”
― Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet
