Majesty of Music

(A tribute to symphonies of Ernest Bloch and Gyorgy Ligeti, played by Elmar Oliveira and Slee sinfonietta)

The air melted as the music rose,
Vibrations of a man in pain,
Tributes to a moment of joy,
Pure, harmonious notes –
Lento e deserto
In a dome of dreams.

Never before had she witnessed,
Beauty –
Sheer, incomparable, absolute
Presto luminoso,
Sempre molto ritmico
In liquid curves of music.

She sat mesmerized,
Her void vagrant heart
Plucked out from her chest…
Subito –
Swollen, squeezed and trembling
Under shivering chords of that violin.

Clasped 'neath a clefted chin,
Her cold goosebumped hands…
Her soul poured out –
Of the holes in her pupils,
And hovered, danced, waltzed
Allegro, giocoso –
Along the notes of the sinfonietta.

Tears rolled down
Her happy hollow eyes
Holding her heart in her hands
Surrendering her shimmering soul
Soaring, adagio non troppo
To the serene symphony.

That moment held just her,
Her… and melody
And all else –
The ample in the amphitheatre,
The bees in the barn,
The stars in the sky –
Evanesced, poco meno lento
Into a slow serenading sonata...

The universe, gravitated
Maestoso,
Into a simple symphony of strings.

Sep 15th, 2009.