Eternal Song [rev.] Poem by Margaret Alice Second

Instead of walking out into the sun I gave an
impromptu, al-fresco dance-show to a long-
suffering colleague, hard-working Thokozile;
tethered to my computer by short cords of
my ear-phones, I dance to the Blue Tango
continuing breathlessly to express La
Cumparsita while singing the melody, then

On to That Happy Feeling & African Safari
requiring different techniques - colleague
laughing, firing me on; I play an imaginary
guitar, boom-chick-chick, and illustrate how
the exclamation marks interspersed in the
melody form lightning in the air - louder &
jumping higher - she just rolls her eyes -

Beethoven’s 7th in sad contrast, I hum the
sad parts for her while miming pain in my
heart caused by this melody - she shakes
her head and types her list with renewed
vigour; finally catching her drift I stop and
return to my work with new energy, ready
to survive second rendition of my all-time

Favourite Symphony, crying as imaginary
dark blue & black pall-bearers cross my
path, violins cry in the most heart-rending
pain, muscles tense & tears start as it binds
me to unbearable feelings; then soft caress
of the ensuing part calms my heart while
violins show fairies & goblins lightly flying

About - then off and away leaving me to a
coda of reminiscence about the beauty that
must be lost as nothing lasts in the current
reality - but I’m safe in the knowledge that all
is magnetic energy and lives on in vibration,
resonance - and eternal song…