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Aug 19
poem
Alessandra G.

A Fleeting Encounter

A music spells within me,
And the world is calm.
And I love that the world doesn’t hear. Even I cannot hum the
Harmonies, I only hold part. And I let it boil and cling to the heavy stillness I’ve created.

From my fingers, the tender, wild milkweed expends its breaths.
And it breathes its own melody, that thunders quietly, lost in the pitied exhales of day. 
And maybe it is too.
But it spreads its wings in trust, letting each silken feather give way to a greater lung.
From my fingers, it calls to a shadowed hill far away,

Stirring chords of distance and sod until I cannot hold it.
And I will not hold it.
It's what milkweed is supposed to do, in the great stretch of calm.
To pull from the earth, flesh and glass jars,
To cry the great symphony of calloused movement I cannot hear. And in its hazened cloud,

To draw to something I cannot find.
And isn't that the beauty of Promise. It passes and eases over shadowed hills, but its silent notes ring forever.
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Posted: 08.19.20
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  1. Yellow Sweater
    Aug 19, 2020

    There is so much power when you add "And I will not hold" to "I cannot hold it." Its like you condensed the unique poignancy of musical theme and variation into a single pair of phrases. Which is perfect, because it seems to me like you are trying to capture this fleeting moment where the music of the world is elusive and brief, but still beautiful.

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  1. Alessandra G.
    Aug 19, 2020

    Thank you so much!!

    Alessandra Giragos

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  1. happydancer
    Aug 20, 2020

    Wow, this is such an amazing piece!

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  1. Alessandra G.
    Aug 20, 2020

    Aww thank you!! That means a lot to me :)

    Alessandra Giragos

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