symphony
03-02-2008, 03:54 PM
I sang.
My song lanced away, through the wind,
through it, in acute impulses,
and made sounds that were distant,
that, to me, sounded dear.
I found a home in it,
the distance made it one I could not see,
though the warmth came through the air.
But the song,
as it coursed back,
made me quiver.
And when it hit me in percussive beats,
it stabbed,
like shards of a mirror broken
but still
reflecting a distorted self.
And there was no escape
for me from my song.
My song lanced away, through the wind,
through it, in acute impulses,
and made sounds that were distant,
that, to me, sounded dear.
I found a home in it,
the distance made it one I could not see,
though the warmth came through the air.
But the song,
as it coursed back,
made me quiver.
And when it hit me in percussive beats,
it stabbed,
like shards of a mirror broken
but still
reflecting a distorted self.
And there was no escape
for me from my song.