An underlying theme
breathing sleepy, ice clear and blue
to stop you in your tracks
on a warm summer night,
after having pulled into the driveway
under the honey suckle awning
and hummingbird flutters-
To wait.
To plug up the windows with glass
and crank up the cold air.
To listen.
As sound waves on a variation
impound this lost soul
to redemption's hand,
buying back a love of music
and it's depth.
Ralph Vaughn Williams
at his best-
a weaver on a theme
by Thomas Tallis.
The introduction to a love,
sure to be life long,
of symphonic surges
which stop you, still and silent
before you can perform your next deed.
Let the onlookers in the house
wonder on.
Let them ask themselves:
"Is she okay? She's been sitting
in that car for a long time..."
For, when you arrive
(moments before your actual
psyche quiets down from the beauty)
they will see your smile,
and know with suddenness
that you have tasted goodness and purity,
and have bought back the rights
to your own "forever" -
just variations on a theme of life.
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