Monday, August 01, 2011
"Beethoven Enters Heaven" (poem by Dorothy)
Beethovan Enters Heaven
When he arrived,
all fell silent.
He came in a cloud
of music
his own
some of which had names
others that were still
fermenting.
His great head
his hair
flying and tossing
the way Greek Gods do
or waves vaulting
toward shore .
In his hand
an invisible baton.
He had become his creation.
As he moved along
they all gave way
retreating
into the safe ground
of the awestruck,
as if a procession of
sacred animals
were passing by
or perhaps high angels
preparing the way
for the arrival of an ultimate.
Dorothy Walters
July 30, 2010
(Image found on Google)
