The Concert

The slight nervousness

seeking allocated seats

seeking for known faces in the crowd

seeking for calm before the storm

The programme dims

auditorium lighting

conversations, pins dropping

vestiges of footfall

The roar of adulation

lifting people from their seats

raising their arms in adoration

satisfying their expectations

The first chord strikes

another explosion of elation

another wave of worship

another spike in audience adrenalin

The measure of music

halts chronology

stretches eternity

present and future united

The final encore brings

the thunderclap of applause

the exodus to the carpark

the sigh of fulfilment

the vacuum of insatiable desire

MDC

Feb 2018

The Pleasure of Sounds

The symphony of cicadas,

conducted by calendar, not hormones

The conversation of trees,

discoursing branches batting pros and cons back and forth

The raucous romp of rain,

gurgling and gargling its journey down the gutters

The aria of birds

rivaling a heavenly choir

Sausages on the barbeque,

arguing with snap and sizzle

The peals of playing children,

their lilting laughter calling to Evensong

The weekend reprise,

either boisterous pandemonium or quiet somniloquy

The humming of my wife,

quietly administering the household chores

MDC

6/2/2018