Bicentenary Poems and Prose

Power of Music

Power of Music:
To The Blessed Beauty

"...We, verily, have made music as a ladder for your souls, a means whereby they may be lifted up unto the realm on high; make it not, therefore, as wings to self and passion...."

Bahá’u’lláh, The Kitáb-i-Aqdas, paragraph 51

Once the music hits you,
you are transported
to another world,
another planet,
another time,
or another place.

Once the music hits you
it penetrates body,
mind, and soul
making you its partner
in the dance
or the song.

Once the music hits you,
you learn a universal language
that crosses national,
religious,
political,
and gender boundaries.

Once the music hits you
it carries you beyond
the your self-imposed limits.


Poet's Note: ▼

I got this idea from the "Blogging Circle of Friends "  prompt for August 12, 2017, "Power of Music" . This is Poem 157 of 200 Dedicated to The Blessed Beauty.