Don’t Give Up Your Music

Music in your heart is
quintessentially you.
It is the tune and beat
to which your body moves.

Symphony or one flute,
the tune's not always clear.
Quiet meditation
will help your soul to hear.

Unique in every way,
your name is in the song
playing within your heart
as your life sings along.

Some will try to tell you
all must be harmony.
They'll change your music
if you give them the key.

"We must walk in concert,"
is what they'll come and say.
"Give to us your music,
we know a better way."

And when they've collected
all the music everywhere,
the tune that they'll produce
will sound full of despair.

Soul without its music
will give a mournful cry
and from the void within
will shrivel up and die.

No matter the rhythm,
it is what makes you You.
Refuse to compromise,
to your music stay true.

Copyright  © December 23, 2008 by Karen M. Crump