Friday, 23 February 2024

WITH LOOKING GLASS STEPS

A poem about partings. The air feels filled with farewells at the moment. It's dissertation time and final exams loom.  

THE SECOND REHEARSAL OF THE LAST PRODUCTION


we walk side by side

with looking glass steps

turn    in slow motion


this moving dialogue offers

a split second view

of all the rehearsal halls to come


how fragile is the house of now

a time of endings

our finals    farewell


the walls will hold our sound

the floor our footfalls

the air our breath


we will never end

though all come to stillness

energy translates

I was attempting to capture endings and beginnings, that point when something is stopping but other things wait in the wings. This is definitely a work in progress. 

Here's a lovely video of Paul Simon with a beautiful arrangement of one of my favourite songs.

Until next time.

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