The Performance

Every once in awhile, poetry just pops into my head and I have to write it down or I obsess. Since you guys like to read my writing, I thought I’d share this piece of poetry.

The Performance

I empty my soul for my audience.
My soul goes out to you through my performance.
It sympathizes with you and heals you.
It brings out past joys and hurts because you need to remember them.
It reminds you how hope and happiness feels.


Everything I have ever thought or felt goes into my performance.
My performance pulls all the bad things out of your being and blows them away.
It cleans your psyche.
It fills the empty places of your being with love, joy, and happiness.
It heals both you and me.


During my performance, our spirits twine.
I draw happiness from you, and you draw happiness from me.
It doesn’t deplete our happiness, it increases it.
It is an exponential formula for creating joy.
It either energizes me or fully depletes me.

I always leave satisfied.

Author: Tarah

I started playing flute in 1988 and piano in 1991. In 1996, my high school chose me to teach flute and piano to a partner grade school. I was chosen for a similar program in college. Tarah Schoell has always loved sharing her music and guiding others to learn new things. Because of this, she went to college to be a music teacher and has a B.S. in Elementary Education with a Concentrate in Music from Martin Luther College in New Ulm, MN. Tarah uses her music education degree to teach from her flute and piano studio, play in various professional and community ensembles, and run a blog on practice techniques at thequarternotes.com. She is active in the Omaha Music Teacher’s Association because she likes to support her fellow music teachers and use the monthly continuing education opportunities.

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