Nerve Music
Sometimes I’m jittery
like this jittering
nervousness appears
as a tremor from somewhere
distant far away inside
and I’m on edge
but maybe
on edge is advantageous
where things happen
the best location
for seeing
each peak and frequency
and maybe this jitteriness
this shaky vibration
is a manifestation of sound
sprouting
a soundwave
born in the body
rippling outward
through tubes and flesh
music from darkness
a bump making a wave
then a current
a run a surf that breaks
and if it seems like
discomfort awkwardness
doubt
really
it’s just the beginning
the ding of a tuning-fork
the hummmm
that happens
before this weird
unpredictable
orchestral thing
that’s coming
Jessamine O’Connor lives in the rural west of Ireland. Her collection Silver Spoon in published by Salmon Poetry, she has a recent joint pamphlet out with Nine Pens Press, and is the Ireland editor with Drunk Muse Press.
http://www.jessamineoconnor.com
https://www.ninepens.co.uk/nine-series-1/the-opposite-of-grieving