Music To The End



We begin like the universe 
then are tethered to one 
yet alone 

Through the keyhole to reality 
a flopping fish 
exercising lungs for the first time 

A wiggling tadpole 
grows to a scurrying frog 
then a hop 
a skip 
and a jump 
we are upright 
and in motion 

Our reach for the sky becomes shorter 
our brains expand with a stocked chemical library 
we interact with many 
we merge with few 
we race to catch up with time 

and we do 

The stanzas of our lives 
have their sharps 
their flats 
their bad rhymes 
their grating melodies 
and drunken tempos 

along with 
laughing lyrics 
magnificent crescendos 
and haunting melodies 

We are each other’s symphonies 
and soloists 
and whether we move 
together or alone 
at larghissimo or prestissimo 
we are playing in the same direction 

The last stanza 
is where we all end 
no repeat 

April 10, 2020

Day 10 of 30

Day 4 of 100

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