LIKE MUSIC MADE VISIBLE

you forever always
like music
made visible

running through my thoughts
memory's shaky
home movie

here a grinning granny
with half a head
most of the time

or an uncle
with a cloud
upon his head

there the camera elects
to look at
only the grass

or an aunt
always on the edge
of a frame

quiet but not quite
one of the
almost theres

an uncle
merely represented by
his shiny new shoes

and a sudden falling
shot of skies
and a passing bird


these black and white people
in their black and white world
moving through silence

as if they were swimming
through time
flirting now

or shying from
the camera's
gaze

as the footage comes
to an abrupt:
stop

but you forever always
like music
made visible