Music Lovers *From my book Thoughts on Tonight*

 

a single moment

          frozen in its own epiphany

new and unheard

 

we can’t help but

          silence our selfish consciousness

          give our full attention

forget how our own hearts beat

 

ears long rusted shut

          now open

address everything else as hush

 

this moment evokes reverence we can only attempt

          in concert halls

 

eternal fragments inhale our breath

          exist through us

          exist exactly for that purpose

then let us go before we’re ready

 

before any of us realize what’s been played

          and what can still be sung

 

 

A Newer World

 

push off, the tide is ripe

lift feet from this pudding on the beach and travel with me

peaceful voyage cannot be guaranteed

as we brush the backs of blue whales and maelstroms

as we write about all types of exotic eyes that connect, cross paths, then fade

as we cut through a briny blue where they say both bird and boat have been

pinched into the horizon, never seen again

picture our wooden bowl riding sine waves on the sea

lift off with me