diminuendo

By Kinley Hartz

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Harmonies spark flames
hit differently
                         Bass itches my scalp
                                                  Tenor scratches my nose
                                                                           Alto tears my lips
                                                                                                    ​Soprano squeezes my sinuses
Just down the alley it flew
Fractured me to the bone
Like a phoenix
                                                                           up in flames
                                                                     Mirrors my pains
                                                                           up in flames

                                             Construct : Deconstruct : Reconstruct :

I crave the burn
               The notes on my skin
Compel my ears to move my mouth
in song

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Kinley Hartz is from Denver, Colorado, and is currently a student at Azusa Pacific University, California. 

From the author: This poem is intended to honour God and exhibit the tensions within music and how they coincide with the tension in our faith.