The High Notes

from Color Poems by Greg Walker

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I can almost see the high notes
Like light through glass
So powerful
But the glass still does not shatter

My heart has been enlarged
By grace
To hold happiness like sunflowers
Appreciate the black seeds
That fall to the ground
And die
And make more bright yellow
To take its place

There was a time when I couldn’t hold
Dark and light in my own mind
When one was unreconcilable with the other
Like corruption in power
Like stains on pure linen
Like a drop of dirt in water

But purple and yellow are complimentary
The trumpet and the bass clarinet
The human heart and failure

It is the arc of story
It is the dynamic to engage
Our apathetic souls
It is what it is

And so I thrill at the light
As I thrill at the morose

Like a Trivial Pursuit playing piece
My heart is filling in with all of the colored pies
But life’s not trivial

That’s what makes our smiley face emojis
Our rubber duckies
Years and years of Simpson’s cartoons
So important

We need a flotation device for the soul
We need to see ourselves reflected
Like the face on a gold doubloon
To know how rich we are
Even when we’re poor
To sing even in sorrow
Have as many delights
as sand on the seashore

Even if our time is running out

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from Color Poems, released September 1, 2019
“Menace” by Jaybeerz

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Greg Walker Baltimore, Maryland

Indie rock, in the tradition of David Bazan, Neutral Milk Hotel, and Daniel Johnston, with a love for literature and lo fi music. Stays busy creating, so check back often.

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