Turn It Up

Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent. - Thoreau

i remember as a kid when the thunder rolled on for what seemed like forever

rattling into tomorrow

disturbing the neighbors

shaking the sashes

that was long before we turned down the volume

what a waste

moving with such haste

having all the windows replaced

Author's Note

"Men profess to be lovers of music, but for the most part they give no evidence in their opinions and lives that they have heard it." - Thoreau

Reviews

[Joey Lexington]

I've always loved thunder storms! I'd love to read more if you decide to add more stanzas!

[Pete]

me too, they've always fascinated me to this day. more stanzas - spoken like a true song writer. thank you for sharing and welcome... :)

[Joey Lexington]

Thank you for the welcome! :)

[barleygirl]

Being in a rickety cabin with rattling windows, I've imagined what it might be like if this place were airtight a time or two. But most of the time I open my doors wide so I can hear the rain loudly (such a rare occurrence anymore -- only three-quarters inch in the last 8 to 10 months!) Another thought strikes me about your poem -- how we humans keep turning down the volume on nature, nearly blotting out so much of it in our haste & greed. Love your imagery & how your poem keeps presenting more possibilities about what it means (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[John the Baptist]

I get the impression the thunder is metaphorical for something that has been lost with the years. Perhaps our haste to control things has removed something of life's authenticity. Just a thought.

[Pete]

and a good one at that. the older i get the more that gets stolen from me. i long for the simpler, innocent times of my youth. the less i know about current affairs the better. the thunder seemed louder when i was a kid and rattled the windows but did it with truth. everything just seems so tainted nowadays ... :)