Music = Life

by Monsieur Lefevre   Jun 30, 2013


Music was his life
The only life he had.
He wasn't social
And that made him mad.

He always felt so cold.
Never warm
Even with the heater blasting,
The warmth would never form.

His academic life was good
He got good grades.
His classmates were mean,
So he'd come home to blades.

He was fat.
Food always stared him in the face.
He hated the cafeteria,
He wanted to kill the place.

The music he listened to,
Made him feel good.
He needed to feel good
He was always misunderstood.

He'd go home,
Go to his room,
Plug in his headphones,
And escape to his tomb.

He enjoyed the rain.
It made him feel,
Amazing.
Like the cruel world he lived in was unreal.

Then one day,
His dad took his music away.
He fell instantly,
And he died that day.

There was no music at his funeral.
To him music really did equal life.
Since there was no music,
There was no life.

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  • 11 years ago

    by Xandra

    I really love the connection you have with music. I believe that music is a necessity and an important part of life and I love how that is expressed in this beautiful poem. Well Done!

  • 11 years ago

    by Alessandra

    I love this. This is beautiful...

    • 11 years ago

      by Monsieur Lefevre

      Thank you a lot :) Its nice to hear you say that :) Haven't heard it in a while.

  • 11 years ago

    by Poet on the Piano

    Loved the inspiration of this write and the idea that music really does move the spirit and gives a person life. I can tell you meant every word when writing about this, whether it is personal or not, being able to connect to whatever type of music is incredible, it's like that moment where you can be alone yet feel so many emotions...

    you told such a story of this boy's focus on music, his anger at not feeling comfortable with others and of bullying going on, as well as the mystery behind his father taking such an "escape" away.

    My biggest suggestion would be to not end each line with a period or punctuation mark, sometimes it felt forced and like it stopped too often but that is completely up to you how you want to format your poem. You could use "and" or conjunctive words to bring more flow and combine thoughts.

    I could relate to this so much in this sense music is beautiful and there is no song that is the exact same, they are all unique and can give us moments of peace or clarity in life!
    Good job & keep writing.

    • 11 years ago

      by Monsieur Lefevre

      Thank you for that comment. I wrote this in like two minutes so I get that the punctuation was poor sorry for that. I have edited the poem so there are not as many punctuation marks up there but yet again thank you very much for the comment. Oh and thank you for taking the time to look at this. Very glad you looked at it.

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