Andre Rieu, A Strauss Waltz Or Two 1 July 2009 Poem by Margaret Alice

Snowflakes, water crystals, Indra’s pearls and you,
Andre Rieu, a Strauss Waltz or two, Die Fledermaus,
Ballarini, Andra Pradesh and the Bay of Bengal –
all over the world in pictures, the French Ambassador’s
Daughter is in thrall, waltzing to the melody of the
Blue Danube with her eyes closed, falling into the
lake, dreaming and laughing, looking at pictures,
translating, looking up every word, Ludmilla and
Semjonof obviously live on a Lilypad, their happiness
reflected in Indra’s pearls, I must return to the document
in front of me, see what Ballarini says of the Maldives,
but my eyes keep looking for more words from you…

1 July 2009