The Subtle Sounds Of Love
David N Donihue 1974 (Spokane)
The Subtle Sounds Of Love
By David N. DOnihue
I have heard the subtle sounds of love
harmonizing just beneath the walla of the subway.
As if the souls of the passengers had crawled
collectively beneath the train and above the tracks.
Dashing along with us,
harmonizing a tone of warm pensive forward movement.
Somehow, someway.
Just forward.
Together without knowing it.
Forward.
I have heard the subtle sounds of love.
They’re not so subtle when you choose the frequency.
They ripple off the oddest places.
They pulse within the darkest of spaces,
shredding through the painful waters of insecurity.
Restoring in us, what we are meant to be.
You hear them in the eyes of cops and criminals.
You hear them on the skin of the meek and mournful.
You hear them echoing the same soft tune, hoping their harmonies
are heard.
Hoping their harmonies are felt.
Without question.
Just felt and returned and felt.
I have heard the subtle sounds of love,
in the hope of victims and in the regrets
and reinventions of the violent and vicious.
I have heard the subtle sounds of love -
In old diners.
In coffee shops and snobby restaurants.
In the harrowing halls of Corporate America
and in the desperate dives of the Sunset Strip.
I have heard them when I am accepted.
And when I am turned away.
I have heard them when I wanted to die.
And I’ve felt them coax me back to sane.
I’ve heard them In every corner of this town.
So many, they are louder than all other noises
when you look the f*ck around.
(C)copyright David N DOnihue
About this poem
I wrote this poem not long after having been homeless and couch surfing in Los Angeles for around a year. I had strangely, become successful on paper, directing dozens of music videos that were hits, yet no one was paying me enough to both cover the business costs and to get back on my feet. With friends and family turning their back on me, angry over career jealousy and the labels suckingme dry with late checks and endless expectations to get the checks, I was, deteriorated. Sleeping on park benches while releasing major works. Upon finally having a home again, I wrote this poem. I am now, successful again as a director and releasing dozens of poems as professional videos. I hope you like the poem I wrote, as a reaction to the period that I lost everything and almost everyone. more »
Written on April 25, 2016
Submitted by david_10 on December 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ab Ac xx dx cexe Afg gf f xxxe hxh Axd A xxxx xcx xx xx b |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,561 |
Words | 327 |
Stanzas | 17 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 3, 2, 1, 4, 3, 3, 1, 4, 3, 2, 2, 1 |
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