Bernstein Visits
by Odin Roark
Bernstein-infused reverie
Unexpected connections
Dissonance merging
Like Central Park
Pathways disappearing
Reappearing
Amidst boulder and street lamp
An urban forest
Accenting imagination's readiness
Aware
Knowing
His "Age of Anxiety"
Gathers its shadows
From late night echoes
Preparing celebration
An insomniacs dance of the mind
Imbuing joyful resonance in darkness
The inexhaustive consciousness enjoying
Needing not normal rest
Sleepers remain innocent
Even as they toss and turn
With dreamtime's warning
Tomorrow's anxiety
Restlessly awaits
Music's Bernstein
Bartok
Others
All abide after-dark listeners
When senses are most ready
To receive what they need
What is invisible by day
For others
Such innate ability
Is yet to be discovered
Or not
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