Symphony of Rebirth

A phoenix rising poem of digging into the depths of our psyche and learning to embrace the shadows that make us whole. This was one of my first reentries into writing and I won a competition with it.

My heart performs a tune
so few may hear-
a quiet violin,
whispering passionately in the ear.

The trees sing along,
but even they are distant.
Myself, alone,
the only thing consistent.

The piano keys quicken,
giving way to the night.
Stars lay dying,
falling from light,
darkness beckons me forward in fright.

The harp strikes harshly,
showing all that’s infected,
harmonizing a tone
of what’s self-neglected-
myself,
the cause of what self-abandoning affected.

Silence falls,
encapsulating my soul.
I collapse
under the weight of my own black hole.

I try to see shadows
that make me whole,
but with each thump of the bass,
my demons rush forward.

Left all alone,
panicked and cornered,

Deeper I dig
into an eternal abyss,
listening for lessons
in all that is amiss.

The symphony mellows,
the thundering dismissed.
Myself, the conductor
of all I remiss.

With each epiphany I unearth,
alone is the place
I learned my worth,
found myself-
and with it,
rebirth.

Reviews

[Buddhistboy73]

An interesting and uplifting write on discovering out true selves.....

I like the way this poem takes the reader on a journey of self-discovery.

I lik3d these lines:

Deeper I dig
into an eternal abyss,
listening for lessons
in all that is amiss.

Feel free to stop by and check out one of my poems

BB73

[Mysilentembrace]

Thank you! I will be sure to pop over :)

[Buddhistboy73]

An interesting write here...
You take the reader on a musical journey....the lows of the sahdows and the thumping bass....

But then the upbeat final lines of rebirth and self-discovery...

Thanks for sharing this thought-provoking poem...:)

BB73

[Neville]

it is an honour to have been the 600th view and its not hard to see why you won that competition .. bravo dear poet .. write on .. Neville

[Mysilentembrace]

Thank you, Neville!

[emmajoygreen]

'The harp strikes harshly,
showing all that’s infected,
harmonizing a tone
of what’s self-neglected-
myself,
the cause of what self-abandoning affected.

Silence falls,
encapsulating my soul.
I collapse
under the weight of my own black hole.'

Your words - their academic creativity is so sadly laid. Yet through their journey you slowly and persistently strike out into another place, a giving place.. calling you into safety. What we all need at some time. You raise flags from half mast to victory. Many, many thanks for sharing, Mysilentembrace,

[Mysilentembrace]

Thank you for seeing that, Emma. It always feels so important to me that I take each lesson I have to learn again and again in life and I look for why I continue to face it so that I can grow from it. I feel when we can understand we need to learn lessons over or that we have missed them all together, and feel brave enough to face the parts of ourselves we fear, we come out the strongest and the best for ourselves and the world at large.

[Brad Dehler]

Interesting to have that symphony of rebirth. It's something so deeply personal out there. Blasting to the population. "I the conductor of all i remiss"- i really liked that line - that leads to the crescendo. Thank you for sharing your triumphant symphony

[Mysilentembrace]

One of these days I’ll write about ego death, if I ever have one 🤣. There’s a joke in there lol. Whenever I read this I always wish I could play the music that goes in my head as I wrote this. I always wonder how it sounds to others and if it flows in musicality as it does writing. Thanks for the reflection!

[Brad Dehler]

I caught that joke right away, Lol. But very keen. Absolutely welcome for the reflection. It makes me wonder what you think of my poem "As Classical Music"

[Mysilentembrace]

I will go read it :)

[Brad Dehler]

Thank you for your kind words :)

[Mysilentembrace]

of course. let me know which others you'd love me to read!

[Brad Dehler]

Awesome! Thank you! Will do ;)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

There is only one way to really find rebirth within us...it comes from one place...inside. No one else can rebirth us...I really like the rhyme scheme in this...it is subtle.
j.

[Mysilentembrace]

The strong lesson but the scariest to bear. Befriending our shadow and learning are heart comes as no easy task. Thank you for your reflections.

[Carrie]

Deep down as rk depression

[Mysilentembrace]

Ah the vile beast that consumes so many who lived through pain 🖤