Saturday, August 28, 2004

Music Intoxicates

Have you ever felt that music gives you a better high than alcohol?

Yes, it does. Sometimes. Last night it did.

* * *

The room swirled in the lights that flashed on and off. Yellow and white. Red and purple. Haze of smoke. Moving bodies, in slow motion, defying the night. Moving to the beat, the bass. Sweat trickling down foreheads. Shining beads, like morning dew. Glistening and then disappearing into the distance.

Music echoes.

In your ears. From her mouth. Gentle yet stern. Reliving the past through the music of the past. Familiar lyrics. Familiar tunes. You hum them correct sometimes, and sometimes memory fails. Yet you go on. Intoxicated by the music, intoxicated by your past. The images flash by you. Black and white. And the music flows through your soul, taking you higher. And the night goes by in the background, giving way to a new day. To a new dawn.

The songs of April in the month of August.



6 comments:

iamnasra said...

Music can be addictive..I can tell you that...

You get so high with muic without knowing it

. : A : . said...

iamnasra - Yes you do.

Deez said...

my gawd....i ve always belived its the music that does the trick and not the alcohol. good to know am not alone :)

. : A : . said...

Deez - :-)

Anonymous said...

Alcohol has never been my thing. I love to dance. In college, friends and acquaintances were "positive" I was high or drunk because I felt so free. It was the music reverberating through my soul, even if none was audible...

Music has always evoked so much within me. I think I'm still striving to portray those feelings in my art and writings.

So, now you know one of the many reasons for my visual art blog's name "Good Vibrations."

. : A : . said...

Silvermoon - Thanks for sharing your past experiences. Gives a good insight.