After I pray and put out the light,
I hear the music of the night.
It flows its rhythm and touches my heart—
A truly beautiful, genuine art.
I stop to listen and close my eyes.
Louder, music of the night!
And then the music does obey;
My ears are open until the day.
When I wake up the music is gone—
All that's left is a memory.
Whether good or bad, I do not care,
For the music of the night was there.
Author notes
This just came to me. Written March 7, 2009.
- Emotions group list • next in list
- A Group for Poets Under Nineteen group list • next in list
- All Good Things Written group list • next in list
A contest entry
- CONTEST: Family For Dragonbabyx3-CLOSING VERY SOON! by Jeremy0826.
1700 points, ended March 26, 33 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Easy as Pie by Cyanide Dreams.
3250 points, ended April 17, 132 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
1 - 24 of 24
-
beautiful
-- Tor
-
This poem flows very well. The title caught my attention. This is a beautiful write. I love it. I also listen to music when I go to sleep. Keep up the amazing work. I think I may bookmark this.
-
sweet flow and easy words.... it was a really beautiful write... and a good rhyme to
-
so full of emotions.
simply wonderful -
what a gush of emotions i felt while reading this. at the beginning, i was thinking "aaw this is so nice and lovely..why the depressing backaround?"
....and then i finished it lol.
haha this poem left me feeling sad.
great write, and i thought that this was very clever.
-
Nice ! I really liked this peice. I reminded me of good/bad dreams. Very profound way to write. I liked the imagery in this and the emotion put into it. Great job on this and good luck in the contest.
Josh
-
This is a sweet perception of reality. The flow is great and I love the rhyme.
Totally awesome. Best of luck in the contest!
-
From The Commenting Community...
It's very nice. In the second to last line are you referring to the memory being good or bad?
"Children of the night. What music they make!"
Really liked the concept. I love the night and this is a nice ode to it.
-
Humz, pretty nice
you write simple but nice
I have an advise, put some metaphor in your poems
by
the poet of hearts and beautiful words
-
Awesome job! love it! where's the music coming from? keep writing, your really good! XD
-
-
Thanks.
The music came from everywhere--it was all around me and it kept repeating in my head. The sweet sound of the night.
Thank you for your comment.
- ACS
-
-
Lovely use of metaphor, about the sweet elusiveness of dreams. The rhymes and structure help to add to the overall feel of it. Well done.
-
great write, i'm not usually a fan of rhyme, but you've done it well here.....the metaphor presented is subtle and thought provoking.....this was short, but you said a lot in a little here
-
Beautiful work here and thanks a lot for
taking the time to enter our contest!
Good luck to you here!
Jeremy0826 -
this is a great write. short but sweet and to the point.
-
Beautifully written, This does remind me of Phantom of the Opera though. still a beautiful piece. I noticed you put in quite a few pieces to this contest. Have you figured out what you want to be in my family? Let me know!
-
This reminds me of Phantom of the Opera. In it there is a song called music of the night. it is by far my favorite song in the entire piece.
This poem was well written and constructed. I thought it was beautifully written.
I wish you luck in the contest
-deadly -
I like the line "I stop to listen and close my eyes" I do that all the time. Nice job
-
This was very good. I loved the way it flowed, and the feeling that swept over me as I read it. Very nice!
-
I love your metaphor and imagination. good rhyme too.
-
This is wonderful. Reminds me of The Phantom of The Opera [Music of the Night] I would love to hear that in my slumber.
-
Does this have any reference whatsoever to the song from Phantom of the Opera? I can see how it possibly could.
But this write is beautiful, especially the way you've made everything rhyme. Amazing job.
-
great metaphor
That was a great read.. I really admire any poetry that can pull of rhyming without sounding limited.. Well done, good luck! -
This was AMAZING! Good job! I absoloutly loved it! It flowed like honey, and you did a reallly good job in the rythming. The second stanza was a bit...off i think, and the first was my favorite, but I absoloutly loved this poem. Yay you!
Adding your comment:
1 - 24 of 24
