The Day The Music Died

Written a prompt of the painting by Dunkees. The painting is of the same title.

I turned up the heat
Turned down the beat
Not knowing what happened
Exactly

Trying and succeeding
Unlike rolling and flowing
Can’t be preferable
Exhausting

As my whims took over my sense of pride
The melody of my life shifted, melting
Lovely pieces of soft, globular gunk
A running river of rhythm out of sync

Seeing the devastation, burned sheet music
I pulled out my pen and threw you a bass
You counted it down and I wrote
About the day the music died

Corey Rowley
Copyright 2022

Reviews

[Ken e Bujold]

this the best piece of work I've seen from you Crowley. Big thumbs up!!!!

can i make a suggestion? (as if I'm not going to) how about junk in place of snyc...easy rhyme adds to the sublime of the poem in my view

ken e

[Crowley]

Thanks Ken!! And I am taking that under advisement. May be good!