Do you love listening to music? Do you feel like you are incomplete without music? This “I Am” poem is written from the perspective of music and it was inspired by Kosal Khiev and Arn Chorn-Pond during the Kampot Readers and Writers Festival. Music was their light in the darkest days.
I am music
I wonder how with one click a mood can change in an instant
I hear a magical potion of sound and song
I see the sadness in people’s eyes and the happiness in their hearts
I want to skip down the street with you, holding hands
I am music
I pretend to be important, nourishing bodies and minds
I feel I am a change agent, forcing my listener to question the world
I touch the power of the soul
I worry that one day you will get bored of me
I cry for the emptiness inside of me
I am music
I understand I am medicine for your soul
I say I can be anything for you darling
I dream of being a hero
I try to engrave my lyrics in your mind
I hope I will be remembered in every second of life
I am music
