This is my very first songfic, if you can call it that. I wrote this a month ago when I went on a field trip to the Massachusetts Poetry Festival. I was in a workshop about incorporating music into poetry, and I did an exercise where I had to write a poem about a song, or to be read while listening to a particular song. I chose one of my favorite non-vocal songs, "Bella's Lullaby" by Carter Burwell.
"Bella's Lullaby"
The music has a mysterious,
ephemeral quality.
The opening is dark, consistent,
gradually joined by other instruments.
The music is soft, brushing by
like a breeze ruffling my hair.
Midway through, it accelerates
building to a climax that asks a question.
The melody is the answer,
explaining and listing
reasons for being happy.
The ending is uncertain,
Yet somehow inevitable.