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Savita Tyagi
A Piano - Poem by Savita Tyagi
Sometime I wish I had a piano
In a long list of wishes may be another addition
Or if my pen was a piano key
On lazy afternoons of summer
When touched softly
Its music would break the silence of this room
The languid humming of air conditioner
Would mellow in its sweet sound
The colors esoteric in nature
Ascending through air reaching to empyrean
Would shower upon me in sweet paean
I do laugh at the idea though
That sounds so perfect in phantasmagoria
The trill coming out of the keys
Would probably be as smudged and muddled
As the writing coming out of this pen
Backed only with a dull desire or inclination to write
When would I realize that the pen or the piano key
Both are substitute for my inability
To sit quiet and enjoy the stillness.
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If my pen was a piano key, I so know what you mean, I feel the same way with the guitar, emotions are so easily expressed through musical instruments, oh, if only we could write poetry with the same ease, your last three lines puts everything in perspective, this is a beautiful poem with a brilliant concept, I truly enjoyed it! (Report) Reply
What a delightful poem of introspection. The pen and the piano key sing such an unlikely duet, but the images that arise are noteworthy. Thanks for sharing. (Report) Reply
more favorite lines:
When would I realize that the pen or the piano key
Both are substitute for my inability
To sit quiet and enjoy the stillness.
bri :) (Report) Reply
it doesn't hurt (usually) to return to a poem read before.
favorite lines:
Or if my pen was a piano key
On lazy afternoons of summer
When touched softly
Its music would break the silence of this room
bri :) (Report) Reply
No, not at all! Specially if it is a good one! This one is my own favorite. Thanks for visiting.
Wow dear poet you shared a brilliant penning here! I could relate to the urge to express the mirror of my soul with more than only words, through sounds and colours, yes, and how strange we are, yes, at the same time, also lusting for the quiet joy of stillness. Excellent poem thank you! (Report) Reply
Thank you so much Elena for your appreciative comment.
love the sounds and music in this poem, Savita (Report) Reply
Thank you so much for reading and commenting on my poems. Appreciate it very much.
I have a piano you can buy. My children have all moved away and neither my wife nor I can play the thing. (Report) Reply
Creative ink! I enjoyed to read it. Nice narrated. Thank you so much. You are good at poet. (Report) Reply
if you can't sit still, i'll have to chain you to the chair! ! ! bri :) and NO cookies and milk for you tonight! (Report) Reply
If I try to sit quiet and enjoy the stillness, I slide into a stupor, so I fidget instead. Wonderful poem! (Report) Reply
Whether it's the pen or the piano both resonates with sounds
and thoughts that comes from the innermost being. You have
captured both in your write. Beautiful. (Report) Reply
WOW' Savita - though you feel that the piano may be a substitute only, but still I love your phantasmagoria (Report) Reply
You are not merely a soul which does need a pen or a piano key. You have a heart and a brain. You have emotions and sentiments. Your emotions and sentiments have an instinctive desire of expression. Your pen and the key of a piano are devices of expression. God has given you a powerful and beautiful pen, go on expressing yourself. The present poem is also a beautiful expression of your feeling. (Report) Reply
You have played the chords of my inner piano with your poetry, you can never be silent! Enjoyed this poem very much. Thank you for sharing. RoseAnn (Report) Reply
Never let your pen dry up or your piano remain silent! Inspite of minor smudges and occasional discordant notes, you are gifted to elate others with your rhymes and rendition! Your poem touches the inner chords! (Report) Reply
Very nice poem.I like it (Report) Reply
Both serious and humorous. I think most writers reading their work
see smudges. Best never to judge ones own poem.
Good write, no smudges or muddles here. (Report) Reply
Your poems, touches the inner humanity...great write! (Report) Reply
So beautiful Savita! such a subtle write, I swam in your words. So beautiful! (Report) Reply