“Sing For Joy” – digital rendering by: rob kistner © 2010
A tear can cloud the brightest day
song will brush aside the clouds
is not sadness just a passing state
but what a melody can chase away
a tune played true with voice in tow
little sorrows flee from such display
thing is, so few will dare seek joy
and thus succumb to feeling low
yet when life is lived in harmony
what hurt you have will drift and fade
joy in chorus will lift the heart
it swells the soul in reverie
is it not foolish to keep bliss entombed
to see not but the dark and gloom
sing — and laughter will light the room
a song is but a little thing
and yet what joy it is to sing
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When life has lost its harmony
a simple song is where to start
sing — and laughter will light your day
a joyful chorus will lift your heart
if strife makes you feel you’re lost
a sweet melody will find your way
a joyful chorus will lift your heart
sing — and laughter will light your day
if you find your mind is full of worry
a tune will make the dark clouds part
sing — and laughter will light your day
a joyful chorus will lift your heart.
a cheerful whistle if you feel low
sadness flees when you sing and play
a joyful chorus will lift your heart
sing — and laughter will light your day
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rob kistner © 2023
More playful poetry at: dVerse
Love both the message and the technique, Rob. Thanks.
Thank you Ron… 🙂
They say one who sings prays twice. Singing pulls me out of my head and that’s a good thing. The muppet Ed Sheeran put a smile on my face.
I love love love love loooooovve to sing! My whole life, and started when I was 7-years-old, and I was already singin’ pretty good at that age. More than two decades professionally, and can still hit it… though I lost about 1/2 octave of my falsetto. Singing is pure magic, it’s sex of the soul! 😉 🙂
Singing as “sex of the soul” – I like that!
And I love the message and the structure of your two poems. Will they be set to music?
They all always already are in my mind Kathy. I have written so many lyrics and so many poems in my 76 years that I can’t tell the difference anymore. I sing them in my soul as I write them, like they are all just music-less songs.
Love this Rob singing is so uplifting and we do a lot of it here in Wales 🙂
Thank you Angela… 🙂
As Ella said, the only thing better than singing is more singing…
Absolutely Kerfe… 🙂
So true what you have written. Music helped me immensely after losing my first husband and then my son. It is magical.
Sorry to hear that Christine, but music can promote emotional healing…
Ah yes singing does bring that joy to heart. I remember the joyful days singing soprano voice in my church choir here at St Mary’s RC church, here in St James where i live. Those were good for the soul days????
Much????love
It is transformative Gillena — magical my friend… 🙂
Rilke once said song IS reality. But gliding it is the trick. And having the proper equipage. When I quit smoking at age 25 I had to do something to enforce the change so I started taking voice lessons. Did that for a year and half until the coach said he couldn’t in conscience take any more of my money. I had to be content to make my guitar sing, piano keys sing, words sing. Gliding is still the trick!
To glide one needs get airborne. Having a great deal of health related difficulty with that in recent years. How cool that you are able to finesse the guitar. Always always wanted to, and even started down the road — but it was hard. Singing for me was easy, so that is where I put focus. Always envied guitar players. It was a bit of a battle with my some of my lead guitarists and I for the leadership in a couple of my bands. Two alpha males bumping up against each other. Human dynamics. We usually always worked it out.
I almost thought you would have Cat Stevens from Harold and Maude here, yes songs can help so much
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj94MgHyhTk
Thanks for digging that one up Björn, excellent… 🙂
Although I can’t sing to save my life, I am always humming off key. Love this, Rob. ??
Thank you Punam. 🙂 If you wanna sing out — sing out. Who cares if it’s off key. You ain’t doin’ it for me. Your singing for your soul! 😉
This is gorgeously rendered, Rob! I especially love and resonate with; “is it not foolish to keep bliss entombed to see not but the dark and gloom/sing — and laughter will light the room.” 🙂
Thank you Sanaa… 🙂