A Symphony in the Wind

A Symphony in the Wind

Bass drums
rumble
in the distance,
a sonata
plays in the leaves of trees,
the clang
after a cymbal in the breezes,
strings and reeds play
as waves hit the shore,
a tuba
in a blast of wind,
a broken chord,
an arpeggio
of stories upon piano keys
as fingers from ocean waves
run uphill,
the background sound
that holds it all together,
like a breath.

Louise Mathewson
Eden Prairie, MN
Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund