Otherworlds

Courtesy: @noveliciouss (Twitter)

Behind the music,

Behind the words,

There is an open sesame

Leading into another world,

Access is encrypted in a strange dialect

Decoded only by heart, never the intellect.

Behind the music,

Every rhythm is a feel-in

Diction evident in each lilt

Behind the words,

There is a silence that lulls

Flitty nerves into creative storms.

Behind the walls of a soundtrack

There's nuff space to crawl in,

Fold your limbs and turn your back

To the noisome pestilence the day brings.

The music sets the tone,

The words create an organic envelope,

And all of a sudden, you find reason to hope.

There is a touch of magic

Behind the music,

Behind the words

That jaunts you to otherworlds

Than these.

Akpan