A Sestina Poem to a Weary Performance

Our voices should combine to make one sound

That brings chills to the bodies of our listeners

Our director stands before us boasting,

As she’s proud of the music she’s created

Yet all we see are bright lights

That blind us from our audience

We’ve spent months practicing for this audience

Perfecting a once noise into a beautiful sound

But we never encountered these dazzling lights

Nor did we anticipate not seeing our listeners

We wanted to see the reactions from what was created

So we could join in with our director in the boasting

We can see our director delighted as she’s boasting

Yet the back of her dress is facing the audience

We wonder how she’s confident of the melody she created

How she’s sure that the hearers are pleased with our sound

Does she realize she can’t see her rear listeners

Can she tell we are distracted by the lights

We squint our eyes for a way around the lights

As we’d like to be a part of the boasting

We want to see the faces of our listeners

As we’ve practiced to appease our audience

Spent countless hours perfecting our sound

Making our director proud of a once noise now sound she created

During our practices we were sure of what was created

But in this setting we’re unsure because of the lights

What if our prior noise decided to replace the sound

And there’s no reason for our directors boasting

Yet she doesn’t know this because she’s not facing the audience

She cant see the faces of our listeners

We continue to sing in hopes to please our listeners

We perform it the way it was created

We pour out our hearts for the audience

We ignore the glaring lights

We develop faith in our directors boasting

As she has brought together a noise into a sound

Regardless of our feelings, our sound is pleasing to our listeners

As our boasting finally starts when the crowd cheers at what was created

The lights that once worried us, now fad as we are greeted by the faces of the audience


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