Friday, April 10, 2009

The Tree in the Mist

Broken silhouette,
then branches,
then leaves,
as you approach…


A tree
like the sound of an oboe
in the mist.


It is only the inexplicable
that I live for.
I no longer belong to myself.


The choices that make me,
The breaths I take.


Summer in the Dolomites.
Mahler in a rowing boat
on a lake:
the first stroke of the oars
-after months of frustration-
releases a theme
the Seventh Symphony’s
first movement
across the water
into the mountains…

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