Immortality

We will meet the worth of Andrew Beckett He had lived his life with kind regard But can they spare the same respect for what is right, for what is shared when truth reveals his private world ? With a cause he fights, throughout a trial Gaunt, pale, a shell, by thread he clings A man betrayed my those who have no honor In a world that slithers cold and mongers hate Yet, beneath his weakening strength is grace unfolding As his own mortality breathes deathly close While living each moment tethered to a pole He opens wide the music of his soul...how can he make the ignorant hear? With such beauty, the essence...he hopes he might share, Open his heart to what is perfect and pure? The magnificence!! Oh how it speaks of tragedy's past An opera, so moving....that captures the fire! "Listen!" he begs us, "To the anguish, the pain!" "Hear sounds of violins, emotions to rein" "A cello, so sacred...and the spirit of sorrow!" A heart becomes swollen, as the music unfolds He closes his eyes, and we have swooned with his soul..... Oh! How life is divine.... and we are witness, sublime... ..."La Mamma Morta" is sung....and, the rapture unwinds...." ______________________________________________________________ By Carrie Richards Tom Hanks performance in "PHILADELPHIA" (My favorite scene of all time...with Denzel Washington as they listen to Maria Calas sing "La mamma morta". (you tube site: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3b0p9mTJOJI