The Guitar Player

Creation Metaphor

The Guitar Player

On strings of space and time He plays His songs,
Creating stars and planets from the notes,
That rise in chords to float above our heads:
Appoggiature systems filled with life.

We listen to each planet orbiting,
In love's embrace its own vibrating star,
Hear the rise and fall of their intercourse:
The chorus of each planet's forms of life.

Poet's Note: ▶︎

Line Count: 8
Form: Blank verse: unrhymed iambic pentameter.
Submitted to "Senior Center Forum"  July 2023 contest.