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A symphony for broken things
My music teacher says
Music is the perfect combination of notes.
I have reached for perfection but missed;
And on the fringes of perfection, I found beauty.
But my teachers frown on this beauty I have found-
They want me in the image of John, the class prefect.
The orchestra instruments in our music studio
Are mostly broken.
The piano is missing a tooth
Like the lonely diastema that sits perfectly
Between Chioma’s teeth trying
To wreak Havoc on her smile.
I find her beautiful still,
But she makes fun of me with the other girls.
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I do not know why I love the sound of broken instruments;
Maybe something inside me is broken;
Or why I am the only one singing off-key in the school choir,
Or why I sit alone in the chemistry lab
Writing a symphony for broken instruments.
jemikalajah’s timeline
- May 2026
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30 SatReceived a critique
on A symphony for broken things from @Tink
"Hi, I am Tink. I really enjoyed the message I got from this poem. Having learned the Violin growing up many, many years ago, I understand having "artistic" differences with a teacher and being called "broken" for the wa…" -
30 SatReceived a critique
on A symphony for broken things from @Geezer
"some people find the ones who are different, think we are broken. Maybe we are broken, maybe we deserve that designation. After all, we have broken away from whatever they are trying to measure against what they are. Ma…" -
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