Van Cliburn Nears Heaven, Missing Song Poem by Mary Angela Douglas

in music as in former countries I feel
a blessedness he said even in Heaven
my shoes fall apart my heart dwindles

and then flames out on a strand of
mere sound. mere sound was everything.
I was tuned to it; I never spurned the golden

measure fought for over countless nights.
oh, all my angels take flight and bring me back
my own!

the air through the windows seems like a song to
you that can never end

I turned the page
and I was gone

mary angela douglas 10 august 2014