Juxtaposition 2: a Berceuse and a Waltz
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In reading the local town newspaper during these months of sheltering in place, the one thing that has remained consistent are the obituaries and the announcements of those who have become engaged and married. Depending on the number of obituaries, the obituaries and announcements of engagements and marriage share the same page.
The poem and the music reflect this juxtaposition of death situated alongside new life in the town newspaper.
I used the musical form of the Berceuse, French for a lullaby or cradle song, for the deceased love laid down in the arms of Mother Earth to sleep that eternal sleep. I used the musical form of a joyful wedding Waltz to represent the new life of love a wedding couple embraces.
UXTAPOSITION 2
Berceuse for a Deceased Loved One
So many walk,
eyes cast downward,
Draped in black,
Bruised and battered
By the sting of death.
Their loved one placed
Among the community
Of the non-living, who
Will now attend
To their future needs.
Waltz for a Newlywed Couple
Across the town,
Faces lift skyward,
Adorned in white,
Young love’s promises
Dreams to be fulfilled,
And new life generated.
They take their place
In the community
Of the living, who
Will now attend
To their future needs.
Copyright © Robert Wagner | Year Posted 2020
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