I wish I were a song

I am the unplayed notes
suspended in the air
between silence and song
longin for the permanence
of rhythm and meter
I long to be a melody…
not just flesh and bone
and volatile moods…
but pure vibration
untainted by vices
unchanged thru time
to exist in wavelengths
floatin free from gravity's pull
never to miss a beat
or stumble thru chords
where I wouldn't have
to wake with tremblin hands
or to count the days
since my last refrain
there would be no fear
of the silence left
when the music stops
I'd outlive the fingers
that first played me
endure beyond the ears
that hear me…
a constant in an ever changin world
I wish I could be a song
instead of me…
a simple man
tryin to compose himself
into somethin harmonious
and whole