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 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.
Apr 2, 2016
Apr 2, 2016 at 4:56 AM UTC
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 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.
