Music/No Words

A Poem

Music - just music,

no words, no lyrics,

just instruments; many or a few, one or just two,

it is worth a try — listen; sometimes it is too much -

the words the words the words - they inundate they saturate they escalate -

they warp, they dumb down.

They take more than they give - enough, enough, enough.

Our brains need rest, our brains need nourishment.

Music with no words - like solitude almost,

like being okay with being alone - With just your thoughts.

Like being okay with being inspired - to use your imagination for a while,

music, just music jazz, classical, -

maybe even silence - a pause;

a break - a space -

the story, the poem, the spark, is in the quiet spaces -

expand them, expand them -

protect them - exist in them.

Jenny Justice is a mom, Sociology instructor, and writer. You can follow her on Medium and at Jenny Justice, Writer. She has been recognized as a Top Writer on Medium in Poetry, Parenting, Reading, Education, Books, Racism, Feminism and Climate Change, so far. You can follow her poetry at Justice Poetic.