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Where the Music is. MAG

December 5, 2010
By inherownlittleworld SILVER, Moscow, Pennsylvania
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;You have brains in your head&#039;<br /> You have feet in your shoes,<br /> You can steer yourself in any<br /> direction you choose.<br /> Your on your own,<br /> and you know what you Know,<br /> you are the guy<br /> who&#039;ll decide<br /> where to go.&quot;<br /> - Dr. Seuss

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I draw a long bow in the air,
rosin flying and dancing,
curling around me,
and this is where I belong.
Where the music is.
I sing loud and off-key to Van Halen,
laughing in the car with my friends,
and that's where I belong.
Where the music is.
I take slow careful steps,
counting “onetwothree and onetwothree” under my breath,
carefully, I move across the room.
And that's where I belong.
Where the music is.
I watch my grandparents listen to Bach,
my grandma humming along,
My grandpa conducting,
our kitchen a mock orchestra,
And I know that's where I belong.
What I need.
Wherever I'm going to be,
it's where the music is.

© Jiani L., Toronto, ON, Canada

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EbonyNicole SILVER said...
on Apr. 9 2013 at 11:47 am
EbonyNicole SILVER, Jackson, Mississippi
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&quot;I wish I could throw off the thoughts which poison my happiness. And yet I take a kind of pleasure in indulging them.&quot; Frederic Chopin

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Omgee, this poem is so amazing as a musician i can totally relate to everything in this poem, good job