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The Artist (Old Soul)

I have never been to Rome
Though I feel the worn cobble stones
Sliding beneath my feet with every step
Striding time in leaps and bounds

I turn around and retrace the footprints
I see them in the distant past
Emerging from La Grotte de Lascaux
Where resides an ancient gallery

My hands remember the feel of ochre
An echo of excoriated skin revisits my fingers
As a multitude of beasts breathe and live
In the cavern’s flickering firelight

I trace the footprints further back
Hohle Fels, where music is resounding
From a flute carved by skilled hands
From the ulna of a griffin vulture

I’m moved by the flowing notes
As I play softly to my counterparts
Beneath an audience of timeless stars
Now transmuted to tantalizing muses

I am an old soul and this is my genesis
Born with those first few notes
Immortalized in cave paintings
Reverberating through eternity

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So the earliest evidence of music is a bone flute found in Germany which is dated to approximately 35,000 BCE. Lascaux cave drawings are dated to 13,000 BCE. I’m profoundly interested in these archeological sites and their implications for the birth of art and music in early humanity.
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Comments

My mind tells me in this life we all are SOLE
so you are too
the MIGHTY ONE
YES ALONE
SOLE
RWA
Nice to know one who is like me a
SOLE ENTITY
All else is passionate theory

Excellent write RA! Enjoyed the flow and the echoes of art and creativity from our ancient past. Bonus: I realy enjoy a poem that teaches me something.

Well done!

Best

Michael Anthony

Hi, Tim,
What a wonderful blend of the present and the past through the arts. The final stanza is incredible - earthy and grounding.
Thank you,
L

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