Encore

Encore Cold metal touches my lips Breathe Fingers extend Breathe Chatter from the audience Fills my ears Breathe Lights from above Blind me Breathe Baton Moves up Breathe Up Down Breathe Tempo Dit-Dit-Dit Breathe Drums sneer at me Breathe An explosion Of sound Fills the ears Breathe A harmony A symphony Breathe Tubas Low and booming Breathe Trombones and Trumpets Extending each Note with ethereal beauty Breathe Clarinets Blessing the note With delicacy Breathe Flutes An island of paradise Enters with the grace Of a dove Breathe Swooning At the pitched Mountain of sound Breathe Waves Hit the audience With the delicacy of a mother Breathe Enveloping them With the evolving mood Ominous To Joyous Crescendo Breathe Clapping booms In my ears Stamping of feet Deafening Yet craved Yet beloved Baton rises Once more Once again Symphony Overwhelms All thoughts All emotion Breathe