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Good Friday
It started with the music.
Driving, gritty bass rhythm,
keening guitar’s wail,
time signature intrigue,
emotion-ripped vocals…
…ear candy for a budding musician.
Then it was the story.
A revolutionary, calling out the status quo,
unwilling to compromise purpose,
a misunderstood martyr,
friends torn by fear and consequences…
…capturing all that is tragic in humanity.
Then it became a ritual.
More personal with every listen,
every year of experience suffered,
every book, chapter and verse of the full story learned,
every person loved and lost,
every regret accumulated,
and every graceless interpretation discarded.
And still each time,
the thing that moves my heart
to learn and live a better Way…
Always,
first,
it starts with the music.
Driving, gritty bass rhythm,
keening guitar’s wail,
time signature intrigue,
emotion-ripped vocals…
…ear candy for a budding musician.
Then it was the story.
A revolutionary, calling out the status quo,
unwilling to compromise purpose,
a misunderstood martyr,
friends torn by fear and consequences…
…capturing all that is tragic in humanity.
Then it became a ritual.
More personal with every listen,
every year of experience suffered,
every book, chapter and verse of the full story learned,
every person loved and lost,
every regret accumulated,
and every graceless interpretation discarded.
And still each time,
the thing that moves my heart
to learn and live a better Way…
Always,
first,
it starts with the music.
Published 3rd Apr 2021
Author's Note
Since I was a child, before I had learned anything about any faith at all, I have listened to the full original recording of Jesus Christ Superstar on or around Good Friday.
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3rd Apr 2021 3:47am
Hi there k,
I read this on the NaPo forum and hoped you publish it here! It's just such a superbly crafted poem. I loved the whole layout and each stanza just presses upon my soul. It's how important music and having that outlet is to me as well. I thrive on it, especially live music and it's one of THE HARDEST aspects this pandemic has inflicted. Not having the opportunity to see/hear live music and all that entails... oh yeah... it's call FUN... (groan!!) I must have hundreds of dollars of Ticketmaster tickets that were refunded because of all the live music cancelations from last year! Not to mention the local availability, too, that disappeared ... Anyway, I digress.. lol..
I just adored that feeling you so gorgeously conveyed here, your love for music and how and why it blossomed, what a pleasure to read.
Your last three lines..... boom!!
Yesss! 👍🏻
I thank you so much for sharing this fantastic piece
🌹
x
-B
I read this on the NaPo forum and hoped you publish it here! It's just such a superbly crafted poem. I loved the whole layout and each stanza just presses upon my soul. It's how important music and having that outlet is to me as well. I thrive on it, especially live music and it's one of THE HARDEST aspects this pandemic has inflicted. Not having the opportunity to see/hear live music and all that entails... oh yeah... it's call FUN... (groan!!) I must have hundreds of dollars of Ticketmaster tickets that were refunded because of all the live music cancelations from last year! Not to mention the local availability, too, that disappeared ... Anyway, I digress.. lol..
I just adored that feeling you so gorgeously conveyed here, your love for music and how and why it blossomed, what a pleasure to read.
Your last three lines..... boom!!
Yesss! 👍🏻
I thank you so much for sharing this fantastic piece
🌹
x
-B
3rd Apr 2021 4:29am
I'm a huge sucker for musical theatre... today I found a version I hadn't heard before of this Good Friday favourite on youtube, so I was pretty thrilled. Even more so that it gave me a topic for today's poem!
Anyway, music is how the divine reaches me, more often than not. I'm glad you understand! Sorry to hear about all your tickets.... My big loss this pandemic has been not being able to gather and make music with my friends. There's a piece of my soul that's just wilting. Online collaboration tools have helped, but... it's not the same.
Thanks for the love and the RL.
k
Anyway, music is how the divine reaches me, more often than not. I'm glad you understand! Sorry to hear about all your tickets.... My big loss this pandemic has been not being able to gather and make music with my friends. There's a piece of my soul that's just wilting. Online collaboration tools have helped, but... it's not the same.
Thanks for the love and the RL.
k
3rd Apr 2021 4:04am
3rd Apr 2021 4:22am
Whaat?? No, I can't peak this early....!
Wow, I am pleased and humbled by this response. Many thanks.
xx
Wow, I am pleased and humbled by this response. Many thanks.
xx
3rd Apr 2021 4:35am
This is so, so good! I have been deeply connected and drawn to music for as long as I can remember, and I felt such resonance here. Beautiful write!
3rd Apr 2021 11:54pm
I'm so glad you felt it! Thanks so much for the RL and taking the time to read and comment.
3rd Apr 2021 8:27am
Music, the universal language -- you captured it in one BT -- excellent. It makes Good Friday really good too :))
3rd Apr 2021 11:56pm
It is universal for sure...
I'm humbled by the RL add; thank you so much.
As for Good Friday... I think first learning the Jesus story through the perspective of Judas has been very healthy for my spirituality!
I'm humbled by the RL add; thank you so much.
As for Good Friday... I think first learning the Jesus story through the perspective of Judas has been very healthy for my spirituality!
3rd Apr 2021 8:59am
It's said music is food for the soul
...
And theatre makes it come alive beautifully...
Nice ink
...
And theatre makes it come alive beautifully...
Nice ink
3rd Apr 2021 11:59pm
My soul certainly starves without it! As for musical theatre... I have never watched a musical that didn't make me cry. Something about the joy of seeing talented people embodying music on stage just undoes me. It was particularly bad/wonderful when it was my own kids performing!
Thanks for stopping by to read & comment.
Thanks for stopping by to read & comment.
3rd Apr 2021 10:32pm
An absolutely delightful testament to the power and inspiration music has to move us, to remind us, to draw us back into time while presently grounding.
Your offerings are phenomenal!
Your offerings are phenomenal!
4th Apr 2021 00:01am
This particular work of music has grounded me for many years...
Many thanks for your kind words. It's good to be forced to sit and write each day.
Many thanks for your kind words. It's good to be forced to sit and write each day.
3rd Apr 2021 11:36pm
Absolutely one of my favorite. It can make one ponder.
Well done.
hugs,
buddhakitty.
Well done.
hugs,
buddhakitty.
4th Apr 2021 00:02am
4th Apr 2021 8:07pm
Your storytelling style here has a gentle unfolding, rich with detail, a subtle presence of personal depth, that is captivating.
5th Apr 2021 2:15am
5th Apr 2021 2:12pm
I do not think I could live without music. It holds so much power. I am always confused by people who say that they don't really listen to music. All I can think is how much they miss! (and are they human....)
You do such a great job of taking the reader along on the journey of your yearly, musical ritual.
You do such a great job of taking the reader along on the journey of your yearly, musical ritual.
7th Apr 2021 00:51am
No. People who don't like music are robots. No question!
Thanks for the read and comment. :)
Thanks for the read and comment. :)
