Poetry and Harmony

And conjure your hearts to surround with harmony

And let it be a song in your life …

For it will encompass a treasury of mirth …

And in doing so will restore freedom

Laura Simoes

Harmony, in its very nature, is a resonant attribute, when in abundance, dominates the true crux of our existence. Overflowing in its domain, it serves to preserve our noble essence and attempts to modulate that which is not in equilibrium. Harmonizing oneself is as crucial as nourishing the body with food and water. It seeks to ingeniously promote a rhapsodic momentum to revive a dormant soul. Its rhythmic fervor can streamline a multitude of inward ostentatious extravaganza, striving to encompass that which is fragile.

Harmony enables survival in a tumultuous, soul searching existence. It is testimony that a life can be lived amidst ongoing chaos and uproar. Harmony can alter the anatomy of an individual, with its powerful presence in the mind. It is imperative to allow the mind to transform to a state of harmony if healing is sought, if one is wound up in a race track mode of living. An introspective examination of oneself may divulge an undercurrent and unwelcome revelation that harmony is not apparent.

Poetry, in combination with harmony, can embellish the soul and ignite a sparkle so real which will never burn out. Together they form an intricate and rhythmic bond that refurbishes the existential nature of one’s soul. In unison, poetry and harmony strive to accomplish what is so crucial to survival. They are systematically woven in tandem, enabling the mind to foster a network of intense placidity. When poetry and harmony entertain the soul, they delineate a momentum of divine ensemble … it is resurrection at its zenith.

Why does poetry enamor with boundless structure that which is immeasurable and intangible? Why does poetry seek to restore that which is destructible and lost? Poetry tends to iron out the creases, envelope the empty spaces and metabolize one’s body. In doing so, it enlightens the mind, softens the pace of a beating heart and fine tunes the brain to a rhythm, a juncture, a conducive benevolence, where one is mesmerized by a sunrise and bewitched by a sunset.

Harmony, bestowed with tranquility, is a manifestation that mind and body are in perfect rhythm. Enter poetry, and we have a greater illustration that we are living in unison within the bountiful expression of nature. Our dedication to poetry must be a mystical delight, an enchantment and an expression of who we are. Harmony and tranquility must be an integral part of our uniqueness. They must be a triumphant jubilation and an example to others.

We are destined to live a whole and rewarding life. There are those occasions when our lives can turn tumultuous and turbulent. In these times, it would be worthy to slow down our pace and restore harmony and tranquility by reaching for that favorite poem. We have the capacity to disable the turmoil in our mind by shutting out that which is the cause of agitation and chaos.

As I close this page, I would like to end on a note of harmony and tranquility and the effect of its absence at one stage of my past life. Don’t let it discourage you, but let it be an innocuous reminder of its critical role which we often tend to disconnect from.

It glows in the dark like a light

It stands aloof in the night

My mind is adrift …

I’m up on a cliff …

I search for a taste of sanity.

I’m bemused as I frolic around

I reach out to touch the ground

I’m wound up a tree …

It barks up at me …

It slithers away with vanity.

I’m on a roller-coaster ride

I stand ashore and watch the tide

It pushes me in …

I’m sinking within …

A world with no room for harmony.