If I had more time
I'd show you how I felt.
Despising all to come
Every waking moment
Mind craving sleep
Hoping...wishing...waiting
Never does the escape come.
In syncopation
Flesh growing wild
For another brief moment of time
Insatiable hearts beat flushed
Knowing in another's your fire yearns.
No form or fashion
No rhyme or reason
I close these eyes and open again
Not in a wink
A flittering blink
It starts all over again.
©2008 Ruthe McDonald
A syncopation or syncopated rhythm is any rhythm that puts an emphasis on a beat, or a subdivision of a beat, that is not usually emphasized. Music that follows the same rhythmic pattern all the time can get pretty boring. Syncopation is one way to liven things up. The music can suddenly emphasize the weaker beats of the measure, or it can even emphasize notes that are not on the beat at all.
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Comments: 19
Ruthe:
I love the musicality you've composed w/in your lines!
I see the hearts beating together (flushed), then having the beats modified; accenting the weaker beat. Great composition!!!
I like the style and rhythm.
Good job you did here. (God, now I sound like Yoda...:)
And the "starts all over again" is the repeated refrain, perhaps of both a bad nightmare, or a sweet dream.
Lovely, all together.
Wilka
It's like some relationships; the rise and fall of passion. Breaking up, getting back together.
In my mind, I could hear a symphony being played. I remembered when I played first violin in an orchestra, and the violins and violas would have sort of a duel, with the violins reaching a crescendo, and then the complete stanza repeating; this time with the cellos or woodwinds. The syncopation added a depth of emotion and excitement!
I can feel the depth of emotion in your poem. What comes to my mind is how the number of beats w/in the measures of music can pose an obstacle or a minor difficulty for the musician; as does the limited 'time' we have in life. The time signature keeps racing through my mind as I read the lines below; I want to increase then decrease the tempo. I am probably way off base with your original intent, but this has certainly taken my mind round and round.
" If I had more time
I'd show you how I felt."