National Poetry Day: A Refuge Poem by Mark Bird

This poem has been written by Mark Bird – thank you, Mark!

Sound Sanctuary
(Ode to Music)
 
Your beats, your raps
Your clicks, your claps
 
Your rock, your roll
Your blues, your soul
 
Your jazz, your funk
Your ska, your punk
 
Your hip, your hop
Your lift, your drop
 
Your sharps, your flats
Your songs, your scats
 
Your beat, your drum
Your pluck, your strum
 
Your sway, your swing
Your synths, your strings
 
Your chords, your notes
Your words, your quotes
 
Your scales, your keys
Your Do-Re-Mis …
 
Have helped me cry,
Wonder, fly
hide, escape
play, reshape
lose you, grieve
heal, believe
fear, scream
imagine, dream
stand up, fight
remember, write
 
Without your sounds
of sanctuary
where would I go?
who would I be?
 
© Mark Bird