Tumbling Down © 2013 Candice James Poem by Candice James

TUMBLING DOWN
© 2013 Candice James

Shakespeare said it with quill and ink
And inspiration's golden link
And the words came tumbling down
In sonnets, verses, plays and prose
In theatres, and traveling minstrel shows
His passion still rages and spills from the pages
Onto the glitter of sound sets and stages
Tumbling down….still tumbling down

Mozart said it with notes and keys
In compositions and symphonies
And the music came tumbling down
Illuminating the darkness undressing
Devils, angels and lovers confessing
The agonies and ecstasies
In serenades and rhapsodies
Tumbling down… still tumbling down

Michaelangelo said it with paints and brush
Guided by an angel's touch
And the colours came tumbling down
To halo the Sistine Chapel's ceiling
With Saints, sinners, and angels kneeling
A masterpiece of holiness
Saving Grace and forgiveness
A vibrant display of man's genius
Tumbling down….still tumbling down

Artists, Musicians, Poets and Sages
Droplets of gold on history's pages
Tumbling down throughout the ages
Their world of beauty surrounds us still
Their legacy is a living will
Tumbling down……
Forever tumbling down.