Saturday, July 26, 2025

PotD #8: Music for Voice

Music for Voice
Kim Ok, 1923

I
 
Sonorous music for voice--        I hear
a short but elegiac,
 
                             pained
 
melody--                for long discarded
 
dreams of a simple life
           and my heart
           in fading aches.
 
 
II
 
Funeral music for voice--        I hear
a brisk but elegiac,
 
                             pained
 
melody--                for the restless
 
desire I have for quiet
           and the tears
           spill down my face
 
 
III
 
Tragic music for voice--        I hear
a long but stilted,
 
                             pained
 
melody--                for my shriveling
 
spirit, and I smile faintly feeling
           a touch refreshed.
 
 
IV
 
Water music for voice--        I hear
a high but grounded,
 
                             pained
 
melody--                for the soothing blue
 
inescapable breeze, blowing sweetly
 
           through every corner
           of town.

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