Words and Symphonies
- A Prologue
The most exciting rhythms seem unexpected and complex, the most beautiful melodies simple and inevitable. — W.W. Auden
The other day I was reading Nikita Gill’s ``Your Body is an Ocean ‘’ and she confessed, “I am going to write about us. And it won’t be the list you asked for. It will be a novel of a thousand pages, embedded in a million tears.” Nikita moves the collection of poems in a crescendo, each evoking a higher emotion than the previous — like a heartbeat rising as you move your lips closer to a crush’s for the first time under the moonlight. The art is life. The poetry is seismic. The words are stringed in an adorable motion. The symbolism is concrete. The clarity is effervescent. Nikita’s attempt to explore the depth of a lover’s body as an ocean is intriguing and daring all at once. It is daunting and heartening. It is adventurous yet Sisyphean. With dexterity and poise something beautiful is created from a void, or from love, or from a body.
Today I want to write about you, and us. Not about your body only, but your soul. I want to write about our experiences and the processes in between. I want to write about the polarity and monotony of our existence — how we are beautiful on many fronts, no matter how diverging. There are no words enough but there are a few alphabets for us to begin anew and tell a story. To relish our moments…
