PIANO CONCERTO NUMBER ONE
Copyright 2012 Gordon Kuhn
Poet in the Rain Productions, A division of Alpaca Junction, Inc.
Feb. 19, 2012
softly
carefully
a single finger
caresses
the white
then the black
then lifts
then retracts
softly
softly
then two
then three
reach now for the keys
they kiss the ivory
a pause stills the air
then two hands stretch to command
they plunge and music explodes
my soul implodes at each strengthening touch
lifted from its mortal bindings,
it struggles to be free
to take wing
to soar in open air
to float in a dream.
in a kaleidoscope of color
of sound
of wonder
at each touch
at each slight brush
flesh
against the keys
and turns my world
into a place of pain
exquisite
into a place of wonder
flawless
dancing softly
fingers slip across the keys
then loud
hard
demanding and allowing
a place of pain
a place of wonder
a note suddenly hangs
suspended from an unseen thread
then plunges
a string of notes
runs long and catches my breath away
then ends so softly
so softly
the illusion melts away
so softly
softly
